{"id":4240,"date":"2018-04-04T16:49:23","date_gmt":"2018-04-04T15:49:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.larkreviews.co.uk\/?p=4240"},"modified":"2018-04-04T16:50:22","modified_gmt":"2018-04-04T15:50:22","slug":"hastings-philharmonic-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/?p=4240","title":{"rendered":"Hastings Philharmonic"},"content":{"rendered":"
Peasmarsh Festival<\/strong> fans should hotfoot it to St Mary in the Castle in Hastings on 14 April to see Richard Lester as soloist for the Elgar Cello Concerto with the Hastings Philharmonic Orchestra. Professor Lester is well known and loved in this part of East Sussex for his tireless work as co-artistic director of the popular annual Peasmarsh Chamber Music Festival. He is also a Professor of the cello at the Royal College of Music and a virtuoso welcomed at the most famous music venues all over the World as soloist and member of award-winning chamber music ensembles, such as the Florestan Trio, Domus, Hausmusik and the London Haydn Quartet.<\/div>\n
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The Elgar Cello Concerto was not always as popular as it is today; from the 1960s it became a regular at the proms capturing the audiences\u2019 imagination through the \u00a0Jacqueline du Pre\/ Daniel Barenboim partnership. Later on a\u00a0Julian Lloyd Webber\u2019s performance further enhanced its popularity.\u00a0 However the cello concerto\u2019s premiere in 1920 was a considered a bit of a disaster and a pointer towards a decline in Elgar\u2019s reputation in his\u00a0latter years.<\/p>\n

Nevertheless the town of Hastings kept faith with Elgar, who was a prime guest of honour at the inaugural festival for the purpose-built White Rock Pavilion in 1927. The Hastings Municipal Orchestra produced two memorable performances of Elgar\u2019s Cello Concerto at the White Rock Pavilion in the 1930s: \u00a0in 1937 with Pablo Casals as soloist and in 1931 with his pupil Gaspar Cassado. Hastings loved the cello, judging by the popularity of Paul Tortelier\u2019s visits\u00a0 in 1952 and 1953 when he joined in Hastings music festivals but not, this time, with Elgar\u2019s music.<\/p>\n

The Hastings Philharmonic wishes to play a part in restoring Hastings\u2019 reputation as a centre of excellence for classical music, something that has been reinforced especially by the growing reputation of the\u00a0Hastings International Piano Concerto Competition. This\u00a0first link between the Peasmarsh Festival and Hastings Philharmonic\u00a0will\u00a0make this concert\u00a0a milestone event and the Hastings Philharmonic Orchestra performance\u00a0of\u00a0Tchaikovsky\u2019s popular\u00a05th Symphony at the same concert will add to the attraction of this much anticipated occasion.<\/p>\n

HASTINGS PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA<\/strong><\/span><\/h6>\n
Richard Lester – Cello<\/strong><\/span><\/h6>\n
Marcio da Silva – Conductor<\/strong><\/span><\/h6>\n
Cello Concerto Elgar<\/strong><\/span><\/h6>\n
Symphony no.5 Tchaikovsky<\/strong><\/span><\/h6>\n

At St Mary in the Castle, Pelham Crescent, Hastings, \u00a07pm, Saturday 14th April<\/p>\n

Tickets\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a322.50\/\u00a317.50 \u00a0https:\/\/www.musicglue.com\/hastings-philharmonic\/events\/2018-04-14-tchaikovsky-and-elgar-st-mary-in-the-castle<\/a><\/p>\n

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