Edward Nesbit – Consolation and Joy (world premiere)
Stephen Hicks – Your boundaries are the sky
Sergei Prokofiev – Symphony Concerto Op. 125 for Cello and Orchestra
Ottorino Respighi – Pini di Roma (Pines of Rome)
Smith Square Hall, 7.30pm
Marc Dooley conductor
Tom Evans leader
Paolo Baroni cello
Tickets
Tickets £14, concessions £12, under-16s £9. Booking fees apply.
About this concert
Music by Edward Nesbit has been performed by many of the UK’s leading orchestras and ensembles. His new work, commissioned by FSO with support from the Nigel Blake Celebration Fund, is dedicated to the memory of Stephen Hicks, a fellow composer and the orchestra’s former principal trumpet.
In Your boundaries are the sky, Stephen Hicks explores a vast sonic landscape, from whispered heights to subterranean depths, where musical ideas emerge, collide and drift away.
Written for the legendary cellist Mstislav Rostropovich, Prokofiev’s Symphony-Concerto is a formidable and virtuosic work. It combines lyrical beauty and playful energy with moments of the composer’s trademark sardonic wit.
The programme concludes with Respighi’s spectacular musical postcard Pines of Rome, which paints a succession of scenes across the city, from playful children to nighttime birdsong, culminating in a triumphant, cinematic finale.
Fulham Symphony Orchestra 