# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Basingstoke Symphony Orchestra: Favourite Classics For February
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 28 Feb, 2026 at 07:30 pm
- **Event Description**: THE ANVIL

Rossini: The Thieving Magpie Overture
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 (Scottish Symphony)

Performers and Cast
Thomas Luke: piano
Stephen Scotchmer

Rossini’s The Thieving Magpie Overture is typical of the composer’s style, featuring a stirring opening drum roll, exciting crescendos and a rousing finish – an ideal opening to any concert. 

Beethoven’s 4th Piano Concerto is not so typical of Beethoven’s pianistic writing, requiring much more savoir faire, subtlety, discipline, control, finesse, and exquisite legato playing than is evident in the crashing keyboard attacks required in his other concertos. 

BBC Young Musician Keyboard Winner and holder of the 2025 Prix Monti from the Piano Campus International Piano Competition, Thomas Luke, has these qualities in abundance.  This outstanding talent is sure to bring his technical perfection and remarkable musicality to the performance.  

Inspired by Mendelssohn’s visit to Scotland in 1829, the Scottish Symphony, whilst not strictly programmatic, successfully capture the spirit and imagery of the landscape and history.
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- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 4

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://www.anvilarts.org.uk/events/basingstoke-symphony-orchestra-favourite-classics-for-february?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=basingstoke-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Basingstoke
- **state**: EN
- **country**: United Kingdom
- **location**: The Anvil, Churchill Way, Basingstoke, RG21 7QR, United Kingdom
- **lat**: 51.26677
- **long**: -1.08961
- **full address**: The Anvil, Churchill Way, Basingstoke, RG21 7QR, United Kingdom

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Anvil Arts (https://allevents.in/org/anvil-arts/6194999)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sat, 28 Feb, 2026 at 07:30 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** The Anvil, Churchill Way, Basingstoke, RG21 7QR, United Kingdom
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Anvil Arts
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** entertainment, music, concerts, contests, performances
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Basingstoke Symphony Orchestra: Favourite Classics For February ?
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