The orchestra's final concert this season sees a welcome return by one of this country's finest horn players, Annemarie Federle, who will be playing the second of Richard Strauss's horn concertos - dedicated to his father who had premiered concerto No.1.
The concert starts with Strata by Dr David Lancaster, a lecturer at York St John University, inspired by a visit to an artwork exhibition 'Picturing Social Order' at Leeds City Art Gallery. This is then followed by a rarely performed Mazurka for Orchestra called 'Village Scene by the Inn' composed by Anatoly Lyadov who was a contemporary of Tchaikovsky. T
he second half’s single work is an orchestral favourite; Tchaikovsky always composed with his heart on his sleeve, and the fourth symphony is a typical example of his emotional rollercoaster writing for full orchestra.