The Full Works Concert - Tuesday 22 January 2013: Celebrating the Royal Philharmonic Society

Did you know that the Royal Philharmonic Society commissioned Dvorak’s Symphony No.7, Ferdinand David’s Violin Concerto No.1 and Gounod’s Symphony No.1? We’ll hear them all tonight, performed in full, alongside Mendelssohn’s Hebrides Overture – which, thanks to the RPS, received its first performance in England in 1832.

Felix Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture (Fingal’s Cave)
Dmitri Sitkovetsky conducts the Ulster Orchestra
First performance in England in 1832

Antonin Dvorak: Symphony No.7 in D minor
Marin Alsop conducts the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Commissioned by the RPS and premiered in 1885

Ferdinand David: Violin Concerto No.4 in E major
Violin: Hagai Shaham
Martyn Brabbins conducts the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Commissioned by the RPS and premiered in 1858

Charles Gounod: Symphony No.1 in D major
Patrick Gallois conducts Sinfonia Finlandia
Commissioned by the RPS and premiered in 1871