On the stage of the Norwich Theatre Royal, a bulwark of brass, a phalanx of strings and a battery of percussion await their commander, Thomas Sanderling, to set the night ablaze with the works of Wagner, Tchaikovsky and Mussorgsky. Wagner/Die Meistersinger von Nümerg – Vorspiel This piece serves as the opening to one of Wagner’s…
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All strings bright and beautiful… Flanders Symphony Orchestra at the Norwich Theatre Royal
The orchestra sits eager and smiling, they know what’s coming. The audience chatters with nervous anticipation as the tuning begins; the lights dim as our conductor, Jan Latham-Koenig steps onto the stage. Polite applause and then silence. ‘L’italiana in Algeri’ (‘The Italian girl in Algeri’). This overture by Gioachino Rossini was first played in 1813…
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