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Concert coach - Galicia Symphony Orchestra

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Take a coach direct from Ashbourne to Nottingham for a concert by The Galicia Symphony Orchestra playing Falla, Rodrigo, Turino & Ravel.

You pay only for your concert ticket - the coach is free. Pick up from the bus station at 5:30 and return around 10 minutes after the concert ends, which varies but should normally get you back to Ashbourne before 11:00. Also picks up from Brailsford at 5:45.

Adult tickets from £21.50. Please contact the box office on 0115 989 5555 to book or email trch.boxoffice@nottinghamcity.gov.uk .

Our first visit from a Spanish orchestra in many a year brings this exciting young ensemble from the port city of A Coruña. They’re joined by Thibaut Garcia, who’s been hailed as ‘the new face of classical guitar’ after winning every major international guitar competition within the space of just a few months. His performance of Rodrigo’s evergreen Concierto de Aranjuez – so popular that it’s been recorded over a hundred times – is the centrepiece of a richly varied programme from Spain and France.

Manuel de Falla gets things started with three catchy dances from his big-hearted pantomime of 1919, a tongue-in-cheek tale of amorous rivals. More magical stories make up Ravel’s captivating Ma mère l’oye (Mother Goose), his peerless orchestration breathing new life into famous fairy tale characters. Joaquín Turina’s evocative Sinfonía sevillana dates from 1920 and won him the Gran Casino de San Sebastián prize. Its impressionistic three movements offer colourful views of Andalusia: a scene-setting panorama, the river Guadalquivir, and a joyous fiesta in San Juan de Aznalfarache. Ravel’s famous Boléro ensures a suitably spectacular ending. Starting out as a commission for ballerina Ida Rubinstein it became a concert hall classic whose appeal lies in it its daring simplicity: two hummable tunes weaving together over a relentless snare drum rhythm into a glorious musical procession.

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