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Violinist Isabelle van Keulen smiling at the camera, holding her instrument, against a dark background with light blue and pink shapes.

Schumann & Schubert

Programme

  • BEETHOVEN

    Coriolan Overture

  • SCHUMANN

    Violin Concerto

  • JESSIE MONTGOMERY

    Starburst

  • SCHUBERT

    Symphony No 3

Isabelle van Keulen Director / Violin

Matching vibrant, vivid performances with searching insights, Dutch-born Isabelle van Keulen is a global violin superstar. She joins the SCO as soloist and director for a concert focused around the exquisitely lyrical Violin Concerto by Robert Schumann – a delicate piece from the composer’s troubled final years, and until, recently rarely-performed.

The Third Symphony from the 18-year-old Franz Schubert provides all the youthful drama and comedy you might expect. There’s stormier drama in Beethoven’s ancient Rome-inspired Coriolan Overture, as well as dazzling colours in the effervescent Starburst from one of today’s most exciting composers, Jessie Montgomery.

Programme Notes

Our printed programme notes are available for purchase at each concert, or you can read them for free online, available the day before the first performance of the week.

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