Francesca Dego performs Brahms’ Violin Concerto

Sat 7 May 2022

West Road Concert Hall

Cambridge University Orchestra
Alpesh Chauhan conductor
Francesca Dego violin

Brahms Violin Concerto in D, Op.77
Dvo?ák Symphony No.8 in G, ‘English’, Op.88, B.163

The Cambridge University Orchestra return to West Road Concert Hall with critically-acclaimed conductor Alpesh Chauhan at the helm. They are joined by Francesca Dego for a performance of Brahms’s Violin Concerto, with its symphonic lyricism and echoes of Hungarian folk music. The second half will present Dvo?ák’s ‘English’ symphony, a cheerful and optimistic piece, which was conducted by Dvo?ák himself in its third ever performance, when he received an honorary doctorate in Cambridge in 1891.

Cost: £22, £16, £12; Concessions: £20, £14, £10; Students and under-18s: £5