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Young Leicester Grammar School players featured in Bardi’s 2017 LGS Concert
The Annual LGS concert featured LGS pupils as both soloists and orchestra members in a concert on 4 March 2017.
Celebrating Bardi’s special links with Leicester Grammar School once again, the talents of five young players were showcased in solo items in a varied and entertaining programme in St Nicholas Hall on March 4th. A number of other talented musicians from the school enjoyed the opportunity to play alongside Bardi players in the Orchestra. Head of Musc at the School, Dr David Whittle, realised the ambition of a lifetime when he conducted the orchestra in a well-received performance of Borodin’s Symphony No 2.
Charlie Chaplin: City Lights
The classic black and white Chaplin movie “City Lights” with the Bardi Symphony Orchestra playing the soundtrack live was very well received by a large and enthusiastic audience at De Montfort Hall.
Charlie Chaplin in City Lights is a first for the Bardi!
The classic black and white Chaplin movie City Lights with the Bardi Symphony Orchestra playing the soundtrack live was very well received by a large and enthusiastic audience at De Montfort Hall. Conductor Claus Efland and the Bardi broke new ground by playing a film soundtrack to a live film screening for the first time. It was one of the latest highlights of the 30th Anniversary Season of the Orchestra.
The Bardi celebrates in style at the 30th Anniversary Concert with Nikolai Demidenko!
The Bardi celebrated 30 years of magnificent music making with a stunning concert of classical favourites.
An enthusiastic audience joined the Bardi at De Montfort Hall for the 30th Anniversary Concert and celebrated 30 years of music making. The concert began with a stirring rendition of Wagner’s Prelude to Die Meistersinger and then the acclaimed pianist Nikolai Demidenko played Beethoven’s 4th Piano Concerto. The second half of the concert featured a stunning performance of Rachmaninov’s romantic 2nd Symphony.
Landmark concert opens the 30th Anniversary Season!
Elgar’s The Dream of Gerontius was performed at De Montfort Hall on Sunday 16th October to great acclaim. For the first time Leicester’s three major choirs, The Leicester Philharmonic Choir, Leicester Bach Choir and Leicestershire Chorale performed at the same time in De Montfort Hall, Leicester.