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5 October
Sunday, 2.45pm

26 October
Sunday, 2.45pm

15 November
Saturday, 7.30pm

23 November
Sunday, 2.45pm

7 December
Sunday, 2.45pm

31 December
Wednesday, 2.45pm


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18 January
Sunday, 2.45pm

8 February
Sunday, 2.45pm

1 March
Sunday, 2.45pm

15 March
Sunday, 2.45pm

29 March
Sunday, 2.45pm

Sunday 23 November 2008 2.45pm
Brighton Dome Concert Hall

Szymanowski
Two dances from Harnasie

Chopin
Piano Concerto No.2 in F minor

Tchaikovsky
Symphony No.3 in D 'Polish'

Barry Wordsworth conductor
Melvyn Tan piano

Tchaikovsky's highly tuneful, but surprisingly little-known, Symphony No.3, nicknamed 'Polish' because of its use of the Polish polonaise dance rhythm, is preceded by two pieces of true Polish heritage.

Chopin combines virtuosity and poetic lyricism in his Piano Concerto No.2, for which Melvyn Tan, renowned for his interpretations of Chopin's piano music, makes a welcome return to the BPO.

Szymanowski used authentic goral songs and dance melodies from the mountainous southern region of Poland as a basis for his ballet Harnasie ('The Highland Robbers'). Written in the 1920s Szymanowski's characteristically large and colourful orchestral palette transforms these folk melodies into high-energy, whirling dances.

Tickets £8 - £30 (Click here to book online)

Sponsored by Barbara Heyda and Richard Brooker in memory of Kazimiera Korczyńska Heyda

1.45pm Pre-concert interview onstage with Melvyn Tan (Tickets £2.50)

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