Name: Leicester: The Lark Ascending
Start: 2023-10-05T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2023-10-05T00:00:00.000Z
Location: De Montfort Hall

Organization

Conductor

Chloé van Soeterstède

Instrumentalist

Leia Zhu

Violin

Orchestra

Philharmonia Orchestra

Leicester: The Lark Ascending

Leicester

United Kingdom

De Montfort Hall

Leicester: The Lark Ascending: Symphony No. 5 in B-flat Major, D. 485 Schubert (+2 More)

Public

Symphony No. 5 in B-flat Major, D. 485

The Lark Ascending

Symphony No. 4 in A major, op. 90

Approved

Accordionist

Archlutenist

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Bassist

Bassoonist

Cellist

Clarinetist

Contrabassist

Cornettist

Flutist

Guitarist

Harper

Harpsichordist

Hornist

Lutenist

Mandoline Player

Musette de cour Player

Oboist

Organist

Percussionist

Pianist

Recorder Player

Saxophonist

Tenor Violinist

Theorbist

Timpani

Trombonist

Trumpeter

Tuba Player

Vibraphonist

Viola Pomposa Player

Viola da gamba

Viola d’amore Player

Violinist

Violino Piccolo Player

Violist

Actor

Broadcasting

Choir

Choreographer

Chorus Director

Chorus master

Composer

Costume designer

Dancer

Dramaturge

Executive producer

Extra

Hairstylist

Illustrator

Librettist

Lighting designer

Makeup artist

Orchestra Operations

Other

Photographer

Poet

Repetiteur

Set designer

Sound designer

Stage Manager

Stage director

Teacher

Translator

Video designer

Vocal coach

Wig & Makeup Designer

Writer

Writing and performance

Countertenor

Singer

Tenor

Contralto

Soprano

Mezzo-soprano

Bass-baritone

Baritone

Bass

Alto

Child vocalist

Continuo

Silent

Spoken

Rising star Leia Zhu plays The Lark Ascending by Ralph Vaughan Williams in a programme that takes us from England to Italy.

Already captivating audiences with her musical maturity, 16-year-old violinist Leia Zhu is a star in the making. With “a poise and musical intelligence beyond her years” (The Guardian), Leia Zhu takes on one of the best-loved works in the repertoire: Vaughan Williams’s The Lark Ascending. This sublime piece poignantly conjures up a bygone English idyll, the violin’s subtle contours tracing the songbird’s ascent into the ether.

Praised for her “gifts of balance, attention, and acute musical sensibility” (Bachtrack), Chloé van Soeterstède opens the concert with fresh and exuberant music from a 19-year-old Schubert, before whisking us off to Italy in Mendelssohn’s sunny symphony – a work once described by the composer as “the jolliest piece I have ever done”.

English

Leicester: The Lark Ascending by Schubert, Vaughan Williams, Mendelssohn, From (2023/2023), Conductor Chloé van Soeterstède, De Montfort Hall, Leicester, United Kingdom

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Ensemble

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