GRIEG The Last Spring 
SIBELIUS Violin Concerto
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No 6  

1 March 2025 7.30pm


Jennifer Pike violin
Robin Wallington - conductor

Tonight’s programme begins with a little known and poignant gem for strings from Edvard Grieg, 'The Last  Spring', before we welcome back to her home town the  wonderful Jennifer Pike. Now a soloist with an  international reputation, Jennifer returns this time to  treat us to the popular Sibelius violin concerto.

In the second half comes another great favourite,  Tchaikovsky's sixth symphony. First performed just days before his death, some have suggested this was his  farewell to the world. Whatever the truth behind his untimely  demise, the symphony stands as a final monument to  an astonishingly creative life.