Saturday 22nd October 2022 – 7.30 p.m.
Francis Scott Burns Memorial Concert
Sponsored by Francesca Cook
Holy Innocents, Fallowfield (view map here)
| Mendelssohn | Overture: Athalie |
| Brahms | Violin Concerto in D |
| Franck | Symphony in D minor |
Juan Ortuno | conductor
John Resek | leader
Savva Zverev | violin
Our season-opening concert commemorates the life of former Gorton Philharmonic violinist Francis Scott Burns (1824-1915), with an evening of music written in the Austro-Germanic tradition, which emphasizes musical architecture and the capturing of a heroic or tragic character. The concert is centred around Brahms’ beautiful and popular Violin Concerto in D, which was written for virtuoso Joseph Joachim and was a particular favourite of Francis. The scene will be set with Mendelssohn’s beautiful overture from his incidental music for Jean Racine’s play Athalie. The evening concludes with Franck’s Symphony in D minor, which combines Austro-Germanic symphonic architecture with a French concern for colour and supple melodic lines.
Concert venue address:
Holy Innocents Church, 2 Wilbraham Rd, Fallowfield, Manchester M14 6JZ
Tickets :
Available on the door from 7 p.m. Advance tickets are available online.
Price: £8 ( £7 concessions, accompanied children FREE).