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Friday 15 October 2010
Mendelssohn - Overture 'Ruy Blas'
Martinu - Concerto-Rhapsody
Schubert - Symphony No. 9 'Great'

Friday 19 November 2010
Haydn - Symphony No. 43 'Mercury'
Alan Rawsthorne - Divertimento
Schumann - Symphony No. 2

Friday 17 December 2010
Mendelssohn - Overture 'Hebrides'
Stuart Hancock - Violin Concerto
David Braid - Score for an Imaginary Film
Haydn - Symphony No. 45 'Farewell'

Friday 21 January 2011
Barber - Adagio for Strings
Herrmann - Music from Psycho
Ives - Quarter-Tone Chorale
Benjamin Frankel - Concertante Lirico
Elgar - Introduction and Allegro

Friday 18 February 2011
Herrmann - Aubade
Elena Firsova - Cello Concerto No. 4 (WP)
Mozart - Symphony No. 41 'Jupiter'

Friday 18 March 2011
Schubert - Symphony No. 3
SPS Composition Prize-winner
Sibelius - Symphony No. 3

Friday 8 April 2011
Beethoven - Overture 'Fidelio'
Mendelssohn - Violin Concerto
Sibelius - Symphony No. 2

Friday 22 April 2011 (Good Friday)
Bach - St John Passion

Friday 20 May 2011
FILM SPECIAL
Stuart Hancock - 'One Week' (WP)
Stuart Hancock - 'Lucky Star'

Friday 17 June 2011
Mahler - Adagietto from Symphony No. 5
Bruch - Violin Concerto No. 1
Mahler - Symphony No. 4

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Friday 22 April 2011 at 7.30 p.m.

GOOD FRIDAY CONCERT
Bach - St John Passion

Serlo Consort and soloists
Tom Cockett - Evangelist
Andrew Morley - conductor

J S Bach wrote his St John Passion for the Good Friday Vespers in 1724, while he was in charge of the music at St Thomas Church in Leipzig. Compared to the St Matthew Passion, it is a smaller-scale work, designed specifically for a chamber-style performance. However, the emotional intensity of the musical narrative, particularly the central section that depicts the argument between Jesus, Pontius Pilate and the crowd, belies the small numbers needed for performance.

Those members of our audience who attended the Sinfonia performance of Handel's Messiah in 2010 (also with the Serlo Consort) will know how powerful and moving the Good Friday concert can be. We hope very much to be able to welcome you all to this very special performance.

Tickets £10/£8 - available on the door from 7.00 p.m.