Johann Strauss II’s Die Fledermaus Overture opens the concert in a side-by-side performance bringing together professional players from Orchestra of the Swan and talented young musicians from Warwick Schools Foundation. We welcome back Pianist Viv McLean to Warwick Hall for Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 2, a work of lyricism, elegance and youthful confidence, written when the composer was just twenty years old. The programme concludes with Sibelius’s Fifth Symphony, famously inspired by the Finnish landscape and the sight of swans soaring overhead. Award-winning pianist Viv McLean has performed with leading orchestras at major venues including Wigmore Hall and at festivals such as Cheltenham Music Festival, with appearances across Europe, Japan, Australia and the USA. Conductor Bruce O’Neil Soloist: Viv McLean, Piano Strauss Die Fledermaus Overture (side by side) Chopin Piano Concerto No 2 Sibelius 5th Symphony Next Orchestra of the Swan Concert – Heart and Homeland – Thursday 4th March 2027, 7.30pm