Music of Consequence: Wagner, Ravel and Shostakovich

Part of the Kirklees Concert Season 2018/2019

Few pieces demonstrate the effects of war more starkly than Ravel’s Piano Concerto in D major, written for the Austrian pianist Paul Wittgenstein, who lost his right arm in World War I. This extraordinary work will be performed by award-winning French pianist Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, a renowned exponent of Ravel’s music who makes his Kirklees début alongside conductor Christoph Altstaedt.

Sandwiching the concerto are Shostakovich’s 15th and final symphony, and Wagner’s Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan and Isolde. Shostakovich’s 15th is a profound piece where nothing is quite as it seems. Quotations from other musical works litter the symphony, none more poignantly than the leitmotif from Wagner’s Tristan and Isolde.

BOOK FOR THIS CONCERT HERE: http://bit.ly/MusicofConsequence

Conductor: Christoph Altstaedt
Piano: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet

Programme:
Wagner - Tristan and Isolde: Prelude and Liebestod
Ravel - Piano Concerto in D major
Shostakovich - Symphony No. 15"

TIME: 7.30pm
Talking Music begins at 6.40pm

This concert is part of the Orchestral season subscription package

HOW TO BOOK for the Kirklees Concert Season:

Kirklees Town Halls Box Office
Phone: 01484 225755
Online: kirkleestownhalls.co.uk
In person: Holmfirth Visitor Information Centre; Huddersfield Visitor Information Centre & Dewsbury Box Office

Opera North Box Office
Phone: 0844 848 2720*
Online: operanorth.co.uk
In person: 46 New Briggate, Leeds, LS1 6NU
*Calls cost 7p per minute plus your telephone company’s access charge

PRICES AND DISCOUNTS:
Tickets:
Full price: £13 - £27
Concessions: £11 - £24
17 – 29 year olds 'Give it a Go': £4
16 and under: £1

Subscription tickets can be booked up to 20 September through Kirklees Town Hall Box Office Tel: 01484 225 755.

BROCHURE - Our handy brochure of ‘what’s on’ can be found here: http://bit.ly/ConcertSeasonBrochure18-19

AUDIO BROCHURE - An audio version of the full Kirklees Concert Season brochure is available here: http://bit.ly/AudioBrochure2018-19

For more information visit http://www.kirklees.gov.uk/beta/town-halls/concert-season.aspx