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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 17 June 2011 at 7.30 p.m.

Mahler - Adagietto from Symphony No. 5
Bruch - Violin Concerto No. 1
Mahler - Symphony No. 4

John Haworth - violin
Zoë South - soprano
Andrew Morley - conductor

Our last concert of the 2010-11 season is epoch-making in more ways than one. It marks the end of yet another outstandingly successful season, which has broken new ground for the Sinfonia with film concerts, and continued the Sinfonia traditions of inspiring and eclectic programming, and joyful and involving concerts. The June concert begins with the Adagietto movement from Mahler's Symphony No. 5. This ties in with our film theme, as this movement was famously used extensively in Visconti's film of Death in Venice. The first half is completed with Bruch's first violin concerto, probably the most famous and best-loved of all concertos for any instrument. The virtuosic solo part is taken by a Sinfonia regular - our Principal Second violin, John Haworth.

This concert is also our first performance of a symphony by Mahler - as a chamber orchestra, most of the Mahler symphonies are far too large for us to be able to perform them properly, but the 4th Symphony is comparatively small-scale, both in orchestration and length. With its typically Mahlerian combination of high art and popular folk tunes; its satanic scherzo with the detuned violin representing the devil (getting all the best tunes, once again); one of the most beautiful slow movements in all Romantic music; and the sublime solo soprano meditation in the finale; it promises to bring the entire season to a fitting close.

Finally, as most of you will know by now, this concert marks the end of our time performing at St Paul's Church. It has a been a wonderful seven years for us, performing at one of the most beautiful churches in London, with its uniquely welcoming atmosphere and warm resonant acoustic. However, as one church door closes, two more are opening, and we are delighted to be able to say that we will be performing in two different venues next year - St Alfege Church in Greenwich (the resting place of one of England's greatest composers, Thomas Tallis), and St Stephen's Church, Lewisham. Come with us on this musical journey - you won't regret it!

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