Steven Isserlis (cello)
Ruth Rogers (soloist/leader)
Thomas Hull (conductor)
Mendelssohn: Overture, Die Schöne Melusine, op. 32
Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto no. 2, op. 119
Saint-Saëns: Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, op. 28
Mendelssohn: Symphony no.4, ‘Italian’, op. 90
Be prepared to be swept off your feet in this programme of music by Saint-Saëns and Mendelssohn featuring one of the world’s great cellists Steven Isserlis and leader of the superb Iuventus Chamber Orchestra, Ruth Rogers, who we are thrilled to welcome back. Saint-Saëns’ Second Cello Concerto is utterly captivating: a deeply lyrical, virtuosic and passionate work, in just two movements, that you can lose yourself in – and especially so in the hands of the wonderful Steven Isserlis. Saint-Saëns’ Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso is one of the great showpieces of the virtuoso violinist’s
