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Based on the novel in rhyming verse by Alexander Pushkin.

Tatyana, a dreamer, falls in love with the glamorous Onegin whose arrogance conceals an inability to love. The peaceful household is destroyed when Onegin kills his friend Lensky in a duel. Years pass and Onegin once again meets Tatyana, now married to an elderly prince. Her poise and elegance entrance Onegin. But he has missed his moment.

Onegin's turbulence reflects Tchaikovsky's own state of mind in the months of his short marriage and the resulting mental breakdown.

First performance Maly Theatre, Moscow, March 1879

Sung in Russian with surtitles

Eugene Onegin

Pyotr Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)

Sir Andrew Davis conducts a concert celebrating the exact 200th anniversary of Wagner’s birth, showcasing the British Wagner tradition and featuring one of the composer’s finest achievements. The Walküren (or Valkyries) of the title are an army of maidens who ride through the air on horseback. We see twin brother and sister, Siegmund and Sieglinde, fall in love, thereby committing both adultery and (unwittingly) incest. The former is subsequently killed by Wotan, although Brünnhilde (Wotan's warrior Valkyrie daughter) saves Sieglinde in the nick of time. The opera reaches a blazing climax during the unforgettable Third Act, when Brünnhilde is punished by Wotan, who surrounds her with a ring of fire that can only be crossed by a fearless hero destined to be none other than Sieglinde's eventual son, Siegfried.

This concert also launches Wagner 200, a wideranging, London-based festival to celebrate the bicentenary of Richard Wagner’s birth, featuring events from May to November 2013 in association with leading venues and producers. It is the culmination of a day of activity at Southbank Centre, including pop up open-air performances on the riverside terraces and balconies featuring young singers and performers.

Overture from Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, 'The Mastersingers of Nuremburg'

Richard Wagner (1813-1883)

Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde

Richard Wagner (1813-1883)

Act III from Die Walküre, Part II of 'Der Ring des Nibelungen'

Richard Wagner (1813-1883)

Nationally-renowned cello soloist Toby Turton joins the Rosemary Consort Chamber Orchestra for this varied concert in aid of the Bone Cancer Research Trust as part of the 2013 Project.

Overture from La Clemenza di Tito

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

Concerto No 1 in C for Cello and Orchestra

(Franz) Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)

Symphony No 2 in D

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

Born in 1988, Ella Rundle began the cello aged 8. In 2002 she gained a place at the Yehudi Menuhin School where she studied with Louise Hopkins and Leonid Gorokhov. She graduated from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in 2011 and is now continuing her studies at the Universität der Künste, Berlin with Konstantin Heidrich. She had won various scholarships and awards including second prize in the International Israeli Music Competition, the concerto competition at the ISA festival, Vienna and scholarships from the Countess of Munster, DAAD, Martin Musical Scholarship Fund, Drapers' Company and the Worshipful Company of Musicians.

As a soloist and chamber musician Ella has performed in venues such as the Barbican, Fairfield Halls, Purcell Room, Snape Maltings and Wigmore Hall. She has also toured extensively throughout Europe including France, Denmark and Istanbul and played on BBC Radio 3’s In Tune and Portuguese radio RTP. She has been invited to play in festivals such as the Thy (Denmark), Aurora (Sweden), Viana (Portugal) and IMS Prussia Cove chamber music festivals where she performed alongside artists such as Peter Donohoe and Jean-Guihen Queyras. As a concerto soloist Ella has appeared with Orchestras such as the New English Concert Orchestra, the Spirit of Europe Orchestra and the Chichester Camerata. Ella has participated in masterclasses with Frans Helmerson, Steven Isserlis and Ralph Kirshbaum and as a chamber musician with Thomas Ades, Eric Hobath, Heime Muller and Andras Schiff. She has also attended the ProQuartet Academy, France and Britten-Pears Academy, Aldeburgh.

Philharmonia Orchestra's Martin Musical Scholarship Fund, administered by the Philharmonia Orchestra, has given invaluable support to countless young musicians since 1968. Its anonymous founder and benefactor provided enough money to enable exceptionally talented students to bridge the difficult gap between full-time study and professional status. Many Martin Music Scholarship Fund award winners have gone on to extremely successful orchestral or solo careers with names such as Natalie Clein, Nigel Kennedy, Freddy Kempf, Steven Isserlis and Jennifer Pike forming part of the Fund's alumni.

Sonata for Cello and Piano No 2 in F

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)

Sivas from 4 Cities, Sonata for Cello and Piano

Fazil Say (1970-)

Introduction and Polonaise brillant in C

Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849)