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13 Jul 2019, Lichfield Cathedral
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ѿý NOW 2019-20 Season Lichfield Festival

ѿý National Orchestra of Wales
Lichfield Festival
19:15 Sat 13 Jul 2019 Lichfield Cathedral
ѿýNOW are joined by conductor Ainars Rubikis, cellist Andrei Ionita (ѿý New Generation Artist) and 2019 Artist in residence, Polly Leech (mezzo-soprano).
ѿýNOW are joined by conductor Ainars Rubikis, cellist Andrei Ionita (ѿý New Generation Artist) and 2019 Artist in residence, Polly Leech (mezzo-soprano).

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About This Event

In the second year of their Festival residency, the ѿý National Orchestra of Wales performs two major works featuring “codes” in music, Shostakovich’s Cello Concerto no. 1, with its theme taken from a musical cryptogram of the composer’s initials, and Elgar’s Enigma Variations, featuring Last Night of the Proms favourite “Nimrod”, arguably his best-known work. The programme celebrates a second quintessentially British work, Elgar’s sumptuous song cycle Sea Pictures.