A Night Under the Stars: Streetwise Gala

The pianist Joanna MacGregor leads a programme featuring the best of Romantic Russia along with some twentieth-century favourites. With Orion Orchestra under Toby Purser, violinist Charlie Siem, cellist Richard Harwood and Streetwise Opera. Presented by Sean Rafferty and Simon Amstell. Shostakovich's 'Festive Overture'; Shostakovich's Romance from 'The Gadfly'; Monti's Czardas; Prokofiev's 'Dance of the Knights' (from 'Romeo and Juliet'); Shostakovich's Piano Concerto No 2; Tchaikovsky's Excerpt from 'Swan Lake'; Shostakovich Excerpt from 'Paradise Moscow' ('Cheryomushki'); Rachmaninov's Vocalise (arr cello and orchestra) and Tchaikovsky's '1812 Overture'. (Note: No interval. In aid of The Passage – helping London's homeless.)