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
Friday 15 January 2010 at 7.30 p.m.
St Paul's Sinfonia Strings
Gorecki - Three Pieces in Olden Style
John Woolrich - Ulysses Awakes
Stravinsky - Apollon Musagete
Tchaikovsky - Serenade for Strings
Victoria Rawlins - viola
Andrew Morley - conductor
After the success of last year's String Concert in January, we showcase the strings of St Paul's Sinfonia once again with a programme built around two Russian classics. Tchaikovsky's Serenade for Strings displays the composer's genius for memorable melodies to the full, and exploits the virtuosity of the players in every way. By contrast, Stravinsky's Apollon Musagete is in many ways a calmer, more reflective piece, a ballet that evokes a Platonic serenity and peace.
Although the other two works in the programme are by living composers, both hark back to older musical forms. Henryk Gorecki's Three Pieces in Olden Style makes a charming opening to the concert, and John Woolrich's Ulysses Awakes is a miniature viola concerto (showcasing the talents of the Sinfonia's Victoria Rawlins), which takes fragments of music by Monteverdi and transforms them into a beautifully lyrical whole.
Tickets £10/£8 - available on the door from 7.00 p.m.