29th September 2025
On Sunday 5th October the orchestra’s 2025/26 Season gets off to a flying start with the welcome return of Jonathon Lo to conduct the Bardi Symphony Orchestra.
The Orchestra spent much of an all-day Sunday rehearsal getting to grips with Rachmaninov’s grand Second Symphony, one of his most popular works. The large Orchestra took up much of the space in the rehearsal venue and the sound was truly awesome.
Joining the Bardi during a run with the Royal Ballet, Jonathan Lo took some time out of his busy schedule to introduce the concert:
The programme, with the subtitle ‘A concert born in Hollywood’, does justice to it’s title opening with the little heard but very memorable ‘Casablanca Film Suite’ by Max Steiner evoking one of the most well-known and well-loved films of all times.
Zoë Beyers, who is leader of the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, will then perform Erich Korngold’s Violin Concerto which offers a perfect blend of action packed movie themes and virtuoso solo writing, and the second half will be taken up with Rachmaninov’s Symphony No.2.
It promises to be a truly memorable opening concert for our 39th concert season at De Montfort Hall this Sunday.
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