Saturday 15th May 2010
7.30 pm
Westmorland Hall
Lakes Leisure Kendal

Soloist: Chiao-Ying Chang
Conductor: Sinead Hayes

Overture: Ruslan & Ludmilla

Glinka

Piano Concerto (Chiao-Ying Chang, Piano)

Gershwin

Three Slavonic Dances

Dvorak

Emperor Waltz

Strauss

Pomp and Circumstance Overture no. 4

Elgar

 

‘We Got Rhythm’ could be the theme of the final concert of the season. Gershwin’s ‘Jazz Concerto’ for piano with its memorable ‘smoky Harlem trumpet’ middle movement sets the tone for a programme of rhythm and energy, not forgetting some memorable tunes - Dvorak and Strauss dances, the military precision of Elgar – and the ‘race to the finish’ of the Glinka Overture.

 

Chiao-Ying Chang’s sparkling performance of Saint-Saens’ 2nd. Concerto made a big impression on our audience in March 2008. Born in Taiwan in 1981, Chiao-Ying Chang began the piano at the age of five, and won a full scholarship to London’s Royal Academy of Music in 1997. She has given recitals and concerto performances at major festivals and venues throughout the UK and Europe, with enthusiastic reviews. She appears with the support of the Young Concert Artists Trust, through Making Music.