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FRIDAY, 09 OCTOBER 2026

VARIATIONS | 1792 to 1978

Friday, 09 October 2026
Sheffield Cathedral
Tickets from £5.00 (includes booking fees)
Under 16s FREE

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Friday,  09 October 2026 - begins at 1930hrs
Approximate finishing time - 2110hrs

Joseph Haydn – Symphony No. 94 in G, Surprise
Witold Lutosławski – Paganini Variations for Piano and Orchestra
interval
Sergei Rachmaninov - Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Johannes Brahms​ - Variations on a Theme of Haydn

Piano:
Tim Horton

​​Conductor:
Quentin Clare

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And we're off! This year we're taking you on a musical journey through time. Every concert shows how composers in different eras looked and and responded to the same ideas, or how they have developed over time.

This season's opening concert is all about variation - from Haydn's use of the form in his London symphony, through that famous theme by Paganini, to Brahms' variations on a theme (not!) by Haydn!
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with support from:

This performance is funded by Neuronatal Ltd, Sheffield.