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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 19 November 2010 at 7.30 p.m.
Haydn - Symphony No. 43 'Mercury'
Alan Rawsthorne - Divertimento
Schumann - Symphony No. 2
Andrew Morley - conductor
Our November concert is an intriguing mix of old and new. Haydn's 43rd symphony, (nicknamed 'Mercury' in the nineteenth century), is one of his smaller-scale symphonies.
We also begin our Film Season with a charming piece by one of Britain's best film composers from the 1950s and 60s. Alan Rawsthorne is little-known these days but his music formed a significant part of British post-war contemporary music, and with his scores for such films as The Cruel Sea and The Man Who Never Was, he reached a mass audience who might never otherwise have heard his distinctive style.
Over the last few seasons, we have been stealthily accumulating the symphonies of Robert Schumann - a particular favourite of our conductor, Andrew Morley - and this month sees the completion of the cycle with his Symphony No. 2. Inspired by a performance of Beethoven's 'Choral' Symphony, and having a first performance in Leipzig conducted by Mendelssohn, it's a work that is rooted in the centre of the Romantic tradition!
Tickets £10/£8 - available on the door from 7.00 p.m.