Friday 16 October 2009
Beethoven - Overture 'Leonore No. 3'
Sibelius - Violin Concerto
Dvorak - Symphony No. 9 'New World'
Friday 20 November 2009
Beethoven - Ecossaise and Military March
Haydn - Symphony No. 100 'Military'
Hummel - Trumpet Concerto
Prokofiev - Symphony No. 1 'Classical'
Friday 18 December 2009
Mozart - Symphony No. 31 'Paris'
Matt Rogers - Horn Concerto
Bizet - Symphony in C
Friday 15 January 2010
Gorecki - Three Pieces in Olden Style
John Woolrich - Ulysses Awakes
Stravinsky - Apollon Musagete
Tchaikovsky - Serenade for Strings
Friday 26 February 2010
J Strauss - Overture 'Die Fledermaus'
Beethoven - Violin Concerto
Schumann - Symphony No. 4
Friday 19 March 2010
Haydn - Symphony No. 90
Elena Firsova - Autumn Music
Beethoven - Creatures of Prometheus
Good Friday (2 April 2010)
Handel - Messiah
Friday 16 April 2010
Beethoven - Overture 'Zur Namensfeier'
Beethoven - Piano Concerto No. 4
Matt Rogers - New work
Schubert - Symphony No. 5
Friday 21 May 2010
Stravinsky - Symphonies of Wind Instruments
Chaminade - Concertino
Stravinsky - Danses Concertantes
Sibelius - Symphony No. 6
Friday 18 June 2010
Rossini - Overture 'William Tell'
Matt Rogers - New work
Beethoven - Triple Concerto
Brahms - Symphony No. 4
Good Friday (2 April 2010) at 7.30 p.m.
Handel - Messiah
with the Serlo Consort
Andrew Morley - conductor
Handel's Messiah needs barely any introduction to audiences - as probably the most frequently-performed of all the choral masterpieces, and with all-time favourite moments including The Trumpet Shall Sound, For Unto Us A Child Is Born, and of course the Hallelujah Chorus, it will be familiar to all.
However, it is most often heard in concert with large choirs, using forces far beyond those available to Handel. It seems likely that the premiere of the work, in Dublin in 1742, used only 3 or 4 singers to a part, and the solo arias would have been sung by members of the choir. Our own modest attempt at recreating this more intimate version of the work will suit the comparatively compact dimensions of St Paul's Church; and the superb vocal talents of the Serlo Consort will take the performance to the greatest of heights.
It will undoubtedly be one of the high points of the Sinfonia's season - we very much hope to welcome you all there!
Tickets £10/£8 - available on the door from 7.00 p.m.