This September, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra will bring the sound of Vienna to Truro with a concert at the Hall for Cornwall.

Conductor Victor Aviat will lead the orchestra for a Viennese programme including works by Mozart and Beethoven, with the centrepiece being a performance of Brahms’ Violin Concerto by virtuosic violinist Chloë Hanslip.

Although not a native of Vienna, Brahms spent much of his professional life in the city, first settling there in 1863 after accepting the position of director of the Singakademie and spent the rest of his life in Vienna, and composed his only violin concerto whilst on holiday in the lakeside resort of Pörtschach. The piece is characterised by lyrical melodies and rich orchestration, and Brahms blends typical classical styles with the folk-rhythms of Hungary, culminating in a gypsy rondo.

Chloë Hanslip has established herself as an artist of distinction on the international stage, having performed with such distinguished orchestras as the Royal Philharmonic, Moscow State Symphony and Auckland Philharmonia. She has an established relationship with the BSO, and the orchestra is delighted to welcome her back.

The concert opens with Mozart’s overture from The Marriage of Figaro, which manages to capture the sense of energy and comedy to follow in the rest of the opera following Figaro as he prepares to marry the beautiful Susanna.

Beethoven’s Symphony No.3, Eroica, composed in 1803, is as famous for the story surrounding its name as it is for its sheer scope and size. Beethoven had long been an admirer of Napoleon and decided to dedicate a work to him, capturing the heroic nature of his idol; however when news reached the composer that Napoleon had declared himself Emperor of France, Beethoven was so furious that he tore the title page from the manuscript and re-named it the Eroica Symphony, or the Heroic Symphony.

The BSO will be returning to Cornwall later this autumn with an exciting rural mini tour from November 6 to 11, with a week of community music activities, schools visits and performances.

The BSO will perform a major new commission in Launceston and St. Ives to mark the 125th anniversary of the orchestra and celebrate the centenary of the Cornish poet Charles Causley. The commission is a new opera oratorio by composer Stephen McNeff based on Causley’s The Burning Boy, a libretto written some years before his death that remains one of the most important, but as yet unperformed, Causley texts.

Vienna Calling will take place at the Hall for Cornwall on Friday, September 15, from 7.30pm.

Tickets cost from £10 to £29 and are available from BSOlive.com or on 01872 262466.