English Symphony Orchestra: Spring Equinox - Mozart, Beethoven and David Matthews

About the show

David Matthews – Early Spring (world premiere)
Mozart – Sinfonia Concertante for Violin & Viola, K364
Beethoven – Symphony No.7 in A major, Op.92

Kenneth Woods, conductor
Violin: Gáspár Kelemen
Viola: Rosalind Ventris

A celebration of the spring equinox, this matinee offers a generous portion of musical sunshine, hope and warmth. Beethoven’s Seventh is his most exuberant and energetic work, with several hugely popular melodies and themes, while Mozart’s evergreen Sinfonia Concertante has an unmatched abundance of lyricism, good humour and playful happiness. One of Britain’s greatest living composers, David Matthews, also contributes a new work, written in celebration of Spring and dedicated to the ESO.