Virtuoso violinist Nigel Kennedy will be coming to Malvern in November.

The celebrated musician will be joined by the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra for two special concerts at Malvern Theatres on Tuesday, November 7 and Wednesday, November 8.

The Malvern gigs follow a four-night residency at Ronnie Scott’s in London and kick off Kennedy’s Bach Now! tour, which also takes in Oxford, Saffron Walden and London’s Barbican.

“These gigs are obviously different in genre to the Ronnie Scott’s ones,” said Nigel, “but the emotional intelligence - the musical DNA - is the same.

“There is an incomparable amount of spiritual enjoyment to be gained from Bach’s music and I would urge people who may not have checked Bach out to give these shows a try.

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“Ditto the Ronnie Scott’s gigs. If you’re a Bach fan but not sure about Hendrix, Sakamoto or Komeda, come down to the Ronnie’s shows and you’ll see the link between them. It’s magic.”

Accompanied by the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra, Nigel will take centre stage in four beautiful concertos by one of his all-time favourite composers.

The thrilling and contrastful Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor (BWV 104); the transcendental Violin Concerto No. 2 in E major, (BWV 1042); plus two more concertos featuring co-soloists: the charismatic violinist and OPO Associate Concertmaster Anna-Liisa Bezrodny (Concerto for Two Violins D minor, BWV 1043) and the audience-favourite Nicholas Daniel (Concerto for Violin and Oboe D minor, BWV 1060R).

As always, Kennedy will direct the orchestra himself.

In a statement, Nigel said: “Ladies, Gentlemen, Villa Fans and other types of people, (I've been using this phrase for the last 30 years and hope it is still found to be acceptable in these more sensitive times), since we first met, the relationship between the Oxford Philharmonic and myself has been, in any given moment, deep, spontaneous and serious without that common old red herring solemnity.

“Serious Not Solemn has long been my chosen musical path. My Oxford Phil colleagues obviously share this value.

“In particular, these unsurpassable musicians' openness and skill when interpreting my own compositions has produced sublime results. In the near future we will return to my stuff but more imminently it's Bach Now! I can't wait to share his music with you.”