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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 18 March 2011 at 7.30 p.m.
Schubert - Symphony No. 3
St Paul's Sinfonia Composition Prize-winner
Sibelius - Symphony No. 3
Andrew Morley - conductor
Third symphonies both youthful and mature begin and end this concert, which returns the Sinfonia to its home at St Paul's Church. Schubert's Symphony No. 3 was written while Schubert was 18 years old, during a year of astonishing creativity. He wrote songs during this year (1814-15) at the rate of roughly one every three days, plus his second and third symphonies, two masses and two string quartets. His third symphony betrays no hint of any compositional strain, being a work that fizzes along with youthful exuberance and high spirits.
After the Schubert comes the first performance of the prize-winner of the 2011 Sinfonia Composition Prize. The winner, Litha Effthymiou, produced a highly original work for her competition entry, which bodes very well for the new work. We hope you are looking forward to hearing our first performance as much as we're looking forward to performing it!
In the second half we present the the beautiful and radical Symphony No. 3 by Jean Sibelius. Having begun his symphonic output with the comparatively orthodox, large-scale and romantic Symphonies 1 & 2, Sibelius began to change his style to a more compact and concentrated style in his third symphony. The soundworld is highly characteristic of Sibelius's mature works, and his use of the orchestra is typical of his compositional genius.
It promises to be another great concert by the Sinfonia - it would be wonderful to see you there!
Tickets £10/£8 - available on the door from 7.00 p.m.