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Orpheus Sinfonia

Inspirations

Part of the Orpheus Foundation Programme 2023-24 Season

Add to my Calendar 16-11-2023 19:30 16-11-2023 21:30 36 Orpheus Sinfonia The second concert in our inaugural Foundation Programme series features the internationally-renowned clarinettist Michael Collins. He will take centre stage in Gerald Finzi's virtuosic clarinet concerto. Artistic Director Thomas Carroll conducts a programme showcasing music that has inspired our own development. Bernstein’s infectious energy opens the concert in a whirlwind Overture to Candide and we are so excited to have the opportunity to perform Cheryl Frances-Hoad’s brilliantly musical writing in Beyond the Road Begun. The second-half features Brahms’s iconic Symphony No. 1. Widely regarded as one of the best symphonies of the Austro-German canon, it was nearly 20 years in the making and is simply utterly glorious in its Brahmsian lyricism and thematic unity. Orpheus Sinfonia Foundation Programme is generously supported by the Skyrme Hart Charitable Trust. St George's Hanover Square, London DD/MM/YYYY

Details

St George's Hanover Square
Mill Street
Mayfair
London
W1S 1FX
England

Programme

Leonard Bernstein – Candide Overture
Gerald Finzi – Clarinet Concerto, Op.31
Cheryl Frances-Hoad – Beyond The Road Begun
Johannes Brahms – Symphony no.1 in C minor, Op.68

Performers

Michael Collins – clarinet
Thomas Carroll – Conductor

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Programme Note

The second concert in our inaugural Foundation Programme series features the internationally-renowned clarinettist Michael Collins. He will take centre stage in Gerald Finzi's virtuosic clarinet concerto. Artistic Director Thomas Carroll conducts a programme showcasing music that has inspired our own development. Bernstein’s infectious energy opens the concert in a whirlwind Overture to Candide and we are so excited to have the opportunity to perform Cheryl Frances-Hoad’s brilliantly musical writing in Beyond the Road Begun. The second-half features Brahms’s iconic Symphony No. 1. Widely regarded as one of the best symphonies of the Austro-German canon, it was nearly 20 years in the making and is simply utterly glorious in its Brahmsian lyricism and thematic unity. 

Orpheus Sinfonia Foundation Programme is generously supported by the Skyrme Hart Charitable Trust.

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