Intermezzo, Nocturne and Scherzo
from Midsummer Night’s Dream – Mendelssohn

Suite Masques et Bergamasques – Fauré

Piano Concerto No 2 in G minor – Saint Saëns
Soloist: Karen Kingsley

Symphony No 1 in D – Gounod

Don’t worry about brushing up your Shakespeare: Mendelssohn paints the pictures for you.  Fauré’s homage to the 18th century ‘fetes galantes’ precedes a witty piano concerto that ‘begins with Bach and ends with Offenbach’.  Gounod brings the concert to an up-beat close.

The pre-concert talk 6.30 - The French Element