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Konzertmeister of the Vienna Volksoper and Vienna Mozart Orchestra, Anne Harvey - Nagl who first appeared with Pro Musica in 2024 makes a welcome and eagerly awaited return to Lincoln as soloist in Brahms’ Violin Concerto.
The concert also includes Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 3, known as the ‘Scottish’.
The first of two ballets in the 2026 concert series, Beethoven’s ‘Creatures of Prometheus’ is his only ballet. It is preceded by the famous Adagietto from Mahler's fifth symphony, made famous as the music from the movie ‘Death in Venice’ featuring Dirk Bogarde.
Mozart’s exuberant Paris Symphony opens the concert.
The first of two ballets in the 2026 concert series, Beethoven’s ‘Creatures of Prometheus’ is his only ballet. It is preceded by the famous Adagietto from Mahler`s fifth symphony, made famous as the music from the movie ‘Death in Venice' featuring Dirk Bogarde.
Mozart’s exuberant Paris Symphony opens the concert.
The first of two ballets in the 2026 concert series, Beethoven’s ‘Creatures of Prometheus’ is his only ballet. It is preceded by the famous Adagietto from Mahler`s fifth symphony, made famous as the music from the movie ‘Death in Venice' featuring Dirk Bogarde.
Mozart’s exuberant Paris Symphony opens the concert.
Opening the concert is Wagner’s Siegfried Idyll, his Christmas present to his wife Cosima, first performed in their villa in Lausanne by members of the local orchestra on Christmas morning 1868.
Mozart’s genial Piano Concerto No. 17 follows, directed from the piano by Nigel Morley.
The concert concludes with Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony. Full of irrepressible rhythmic energy, this was the symphony Beethoven considered his best.
Lincoln Pro Musica Orchestra was formed in 1964 under its founder director/leader, Michael Thompson. For most of its existence, it has been a string chamber orchestra with both professional and amateur musicians among its members. The orchestra has had a long association with Bishop Grosseteste University, which started when John Bannister (who was the Head of the Music Department there) became the Orchestra’s conductor. The partnership allowed student string players from Bishop Grosseteste to perform at a top level with the Orchestra.
Michael Thompson was succeeded as leader by Derek Johnson, until Caroline Siriwardena took over the position. Under her leadership, the ensemble has continued to thrive, performing works from the Romantic period and twentieth century, as well as the traditional Baroque and classical repertoire. Martin Stockdale took over as conductor in 1988 and encouraged the orchestra to explore a wider repertoire. He also expanded the areas in which the orchestra performed, including playing at a fireworks spectacular in Lincoln Castle and travelling further afield to venues in Norfolk. Since January 2023, Lincoln Pro Musica Orchestra has been under the baton of conductor Nigel Morley. The orchestra is now in its 60th year, and under Nigel’s direction, it is embarking on a new venture. Previously a string-only orchestra, it has now widened its scope to include wind players, giving the option to become a genuine chamber orchestra. This enables Pro Musica to bring to Lincoln much great music not regularly heard live.
Nigel Morley was born in Lincolnshire and studied music at the Birmingham Conservatoire. Since graduating he has appeared as both conductor and pianist in most European countries.
After graduating Nigel worked with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and Chorus plus the English Symphony Orchestra working on the premiere of Colin Riley`s opera “Gulliver” and recordings of music by Nicolas Maw. Nigel has appeared at Henry Wood Promenade Concerts, BBC TV and BBC Radio Three broadcasts and the very first music broadcast of the BBC TV Channel Four.
Nigel founded the Midland Sinfonia in 1995, a professional chamber orchestra in the Midlands conducting it until 2008. In 1999 he was appointed conductor of the Boston Sinfonia followed in 2004 by conductor of the Lincolnshire Youth Symphony Orchestra. In 2010 was appointed director of conducting at Keele University and conductor of the Keele Philharmonic Orchestra. In 2018 Nigel was asked to guest conduct the Sudetan Philharmonic Orchestra (Filharmonia Sudecka) in Walbrzch, Poland. From January 2023 Nigel began conducting the Lincoln Pro Musica Orchestra.
Caroline studied violin with Winifred Small and then at the Royal Academy of Music with David Martin and Kenneth Sillito. She moved to Lincolnshire in 1986 where she joined the East of England Orchestra (now Sinfonia Viva).
In the 1990s she formed the Usher Piano Trio with Deirdre Bencsik and the late Geoffrey Greed - together they performed most of the repertoire for this combination including the Beethoven Triple Concerto. She has also performed many of the sonatas for violin and piano with Geoff Greed, Ashley Wass, Nigel Morley and others and was also a member of the Sancerre Quartet with David Greed.
Over the past three decades she has led a number of Lincolnshire orchestras, including Lincoln Pro Musica for over 30 years, Lincoln Symphony Orchestra and Lincolnshire Chamber Orchestra. She previously led Lincolnshire Philharmonia, and freelanced with Sinfonia Viva, Opera North and the Orchestra of the Swan. As a soloist with various orchestras she has performed the Lark Ascending, Beethoven Romances and the violin concertos of Bach, Vivaldi (including the Four Seasons), Mozart (including the Sinfonia Concertante), Mendelssohn, Bruch, Brahms (and Brahms Double), Schumann, Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev and Korngold. Caroline plays a violin made by Eugenio Degani of Venice in 1874.
When she is not playing Caroline enjoys her family, walking her dog Millie, travelling and gardening.
The Orchestra is delighted to call the Lincoln County Assembly Rooms 'home' for the majority of the concerts in their 2026 series. The historic ballroom, with its warm acoustics, is the perfect setting for audiences to enjoy playing of the highest quality from Lincoln's premier chamber orchestra.
In 2026 Lincoln Pro Musica continues to explore different musical styles, featuring the music of Brahms, Beethoven, Mahler, Mendelssohn Mozart & Wagner.
The season starts in March with Anne Harvey - Nagl, Konzertmeister of the Vienna Volksoper and Vienna Mozart Orchestra, who first appeared with Pro Musica in 2024, making a welcome and eagerly awaited return to Lincoln as soloist in Brahms’ Violin Concerto.
The Summer concerts find the orchestra 'on the road' performing the music of Mozart, Mahler and Beethoven in venues across the county.
In October, conductor Nigel Morley directs the orchestra from the piano as the soloist in Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 17.
Looking ahead to 2027, the Orchestra will perform Tchaikovsky's 'Nutcracker' ballet music, a New Year's treat for the whole family.
Lincoln Pro Music are delighted to welcome Anne Harvey-Nagl, Konzertmeister of the Volksoper Vienna, to play Mozart's Violin Concerto No. 4 & Rondo Concertante with them. The concert takes place in the beautiful setting of the Lincoln County Assembly Rooms on Saturday 24th February at 7.30pm.
Anne is Konzertmeister of the Volksoper Vienna. Before her appointment to Konzertmeister in 2011, she was Principal 1st Violin in the Volksoper for 12 years. Anne is also Konzertmeister of the Vienna Opera Ball Orchestra, Ensemble Kontrapunkte, and a frequent soloist and Konzertmeister of the Vienna Mozart Orchestra.
Anne has performed at many venues around the world and is considered one of the finest players of Mozart alive today, making this an incredibly special concert; giving a rare opportunity for people to listen to the music of Mozart, played by an internationally renowned musician who has a special connection to his hometown, Vienna.
Find out more about Anne on her website.
In November 2023, Lincoln Pro Musica is honoured to be part of a very exciting project, bringing the music of Salieri to a live audience. Researcher Ellen Stokes from Huddersfield has spent four years researching and studying manuscripts as part of her PhD studies, and has reconstructed what she believes to be the complete ballet of Pafio e Mirra. It is this reconstructed edition that the orchestra will perform in their upcoming concert, on November 26th at Central Methodist Church in Lincoln. This will be the first complete performance of Pafio e Mirra in modern times.
The Salieri ballet was written for the opening night of La Scala in Milan in 1778. The ballet has long been believed to have survived only in a fragmentary form, with many scholars believing the complete score to have been lost. This has led to incomplete performances and recordings of the work, most notably a 2004 performance of Europa Riconosciuta at La Scala in Milan where a variety of Salieri’s potential ballet music was used in place of the true Pafio e Mirra score.
A link to Ellen's original work can be found here.
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