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Dorset County Orchestra

Spring Concert

Add to my Calendar 02-03-2019 19:30 02-03-2019 21:30 36 Dorset County Orchestra Martin Henderson returns to the podium to conduct: Elgar's tone poem In The South. Conceived while the Elgars were holidaying in Italy in 1903 to 1904, the overture’s moods rather reflect those of the composer at the time—fluctuating from morose to excitable and stoic to playful Mozart's Bassoon Concerto K191 is the first of his woodwind concertos and although written when he was only 18 is a 'little masterpiece'.  Anton Bruckner's Symphony No 4, given the title the Romantic Symphony on account of its ambitious scope and grand emotional gestures was the first of Bruckner’s symphonies to achieve significant public success, and it remains among his most frequently performed works. Martin Henderson Martin is an enthusiastic and accomplished conductor of amateur orchestras and a professional performing orchestral double bass player having held full time positions as sub principal double bass in both the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and Royal Ballet Sinfonia and the position of principal double bass in the BBC Concert Orchestra. Laura Vane  Laura is a talented bassoon player who performs regularly with Dorset County Orchestra and the Royal Marines Association Band.   Wimborne Minster, Wimborne DD/MM/YYYY

Details

Wimborne Minster
High Street
Wimborne
Dorset
BH21 1HT
England

Programme

Edward Elgar – Concert Overture 'In the South', Op.50
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Bassoon Concerto in B-flat major, K.191/186e
~ Interval ~
Anton Bruckner – Symphony no.4 in E-flat major, WAB 104

Performers

Martin Henderson – Conductor
Laura Vane – bassoon

Dorset County Orchestra

Programme Note

Martin Henderson returns to the podium to conduct:

Elgar's tone poem In The South. Conceived while the Elgars were holidaying in Italy in 1903 to 1904, the overture’s moods rather reflect those of the composer at the time—fluctuating from morose to excitable and stoic to playful

Mozart's Bassoon Concerto K191 is the first of his woodwind concertos and although written when he was only 18 is a 'little masterpiece'. 

Anton Bruckner's Symphony No 4, given the title the Romantic Symphony on account of its ambitious scope and grand emotional gestures was the first of Bruckner’s symphonies to achieve significant public success, and it remains among his most frequently performed works.

Martin Henderson

Martin is an enthusiastic and accomplished conductor of amateur orchestras and a professional performing orchestral double bass player having held full time positions as sub principal double bass in both the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and Royal Ballet Sinfonia and the position of principal double bass in the BBC Concert Orchestra.

Laura Vane 

Laura is a talented bassoon player who performs regularly with Dorset County Orchestra and the Royal Marines Association Band.

 

Martin Henderson conducting the DCO in Wimborne Minster

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