Haydn's Cello Concerto
Dazzling. Mysterious. Rebel with a cello.
Who’s on stage
Eurovision Young Musician finalist and Bernstein Award winner, cellist Anastasia Kobekina, joins Royal Northern Sinfonia and Artistic Partner Maria Włoszczowska.
What they’re playing
Haydn’s ever-popular Cello Concerto, amazingly lost for decades on end and rediscovered in the 1960s, Beethoven’s Fourth Symphony, plus an unmissable opening piece by László Lajtha that puts the strings and harp in the spotlight.
Need to know
Discounts: save if you’re under 17, aged 18 – 30, a classical first timer, or a group of 10 or more people. Check the details.
Running time: 2 hours, including a 20 minute interval.
Age: under 14s must be accompanied by an adult.
What you'll hear
László Lajtha Les Soli
Franz Joseph Haydn Cello Concerto in C major
Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 4
Who's playing it
Maria Włoszczowska director
Anastasia Kobekina cello
Royal Northern Sinfonia
What's happening in the music?
Rebellious, entrepreneurial and hugely famous – maybe not how we’d describe composer Joseph Haydn today, but he really was all these things, with his Cello Concerto, which ripped up the musical rule-book of the day, demonstrating all of this. Beethoven’s Symphony No. 4 starts out mysterious, brooding and dark but by the end he, and we, are having a right laugh, in a bubbly joyous ending. László Lajtha’s music starts the night – music that’s immediately appealing and dead beautiful.
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Tickets
Friday 16 April 2027
From: £5.00 - £53.00