Performance

Venue	Southbank Centre
	Also: Royal Festival Hall, RFH, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Purcell Room, Tuff Nutt Jazz Club
Town	West End
County	Greater London
From	4th March 2011
To	4th March 2011
When	19:45
Prices	From £15.00. To £15.00.
Southbank Centre (V423)
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Isis Ensemble - Russian Romantics

Work:: Isis Ensemble (S01893498182)

Production:: Russian Romantics (T01657727309)

Critically acclaimed for its sumptuous sound, the Isis Ensemble makes its Southbank Centre debut with a programme of Russian music for string orchestra. Premiered in 2009, Jacques Cohen's dazzling string arrangement of Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition was described by The Strad magazine as 'a virtuoso piece of work, full of invention and ingenuity'. Formed in 2005 from high-profile chamber musicians and leading orchestral players, the Isis Ensemble is joined by internationally renowned saxophonist Sarah Markham for the Glazunov Saxophone Concerto. The evening opens with Tchaikovsky's ever-popular Serenade.

Conductor	Jacques Cohen
Performer	Sarah Markham (saxophone)

Listing:: L0765226435

Purcell Room

Russian Romantics

Critically acclaimed for its sumptuous sound, the Isis Ensemble makes its Southbank Centre debut with a programme of Russian music for string orchestra. Premiered in 2009, Jacques Cohen's dazzling string arrangement of Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition was described by The Strad magazine as 'a virtuoso piece of work, full of invention and ingenuity'. Formed in 2005 from high-profile chamber musicians and leading orchestral players, the Isis Ensemble is joined by internationally renowned saxophonist Sarah Markham for the Glazunov Saxophone Concerto. The evening opens with Tchaikovsky's ever-popular Serenade. Purcell Room

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