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Conductor: Orlando Jopling
Soloist: Hiroko Imai (Piano)

Grieg: Piano Concerto
Bruckner: Symphony No. 6 in A major

The third concert of the season celebrates the FSO?s centenary with a performance of Grieg?s famous piano concerto. This was first played by the orchestra in April 1923 during the inaugural season, the soloist on that occasion being Cicely Moorat, a resident of Farnborough and daughter of the composer, Joseph Moorat. Ninety-nine years on, the work will be perfomed by Hiroko Imai, the young Japanese pianist who so enthralled us with her enchanting performance of Shostakovich?s 2nd piano concerto in 2019.

The other work in the concert is the 6th symphony of Austrian composer Anton Bruckner. Robert Simpson (a composer and long-serving BBC broadcaster) wrote of it that ?its themes are exceptionally beautiful, its harmony has moments of both boldness and subtlety, its instrumentation is the most imaginative he had yet achieved, and it possesses a mastery of classical form that might even have impressed Brahms.?

To preside over this exciting concert, the FSO is delighted to welcome as guest conductor Orlando Jopling, who has a wealth of experience of the orchestral and operatic repertoire.

As a courtesy to other concert-goers, audience members are requested to wear face-coverings at all times when in the building.

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Bridge Square,

Farnham,

Surrey,

England,

GU9 7QR.