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Sarah Chang and the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields - Oct 26 & 29
Child prodigy made good, Sarah Chang joins the Acaedmy
Tuesday 27 & Thursday 29 REC Sarah Chang and the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Poly Theatre, 7.30pm. 80-180RMB.
Tue 27: Child prodigy made good Sarah Chang joins the Academy in playing Vivaldi’s ‘Four Seasons’; the ensemble opens with Tchaikovsky’s heartbreaking ‘Serenade for Strings in C major’.
Thur 29: Chang returns for Bruch’s ‘Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor’; the Academy plays Rossini’s ‘Overture to the Italian Girl in Algiers’ and ‘Mendelssohn’s ‘Symphony No. 3 in A minor (Scottish)’. Gerald Korsten conducts.