The Festival Academy Orchestra
Jess Gillam, saxophone
Tues 19th May
7:00 pm
St James Church
Doors open at 6.15pm
The performance will end at approx. 8.45pm
Thomas Hull - conductor
Ruth Rogers - leader
BRITTEN: ‘A Time There Was’ Suite on English Folk Songs
CLYNE, Anna: Saxophone Concerto 'Glasslands'
BEETHOVEN: Symphony no. 2 in D major, op. 36.
Tickets £50 I £45 I £40 I £35 I £10
Students £1 (with adult ticket)
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Jess Gillam joins our Festival Academy Orchestra in Anna Clyne's Glasslands, conjuring an imaginary world of three realms governed by the banshee - a female spirit who, in Irish folklore, heralds the death of a family member.
Brittens 'The Suite on English Folk Tunes' is a sequence of five wonderfully characterised movements for chamber orchestra, ranging from boisterous folk-like fiddling to daring orchestral effects and the achingly beautiful final movement, with its mournful cor anglais solo.
The concert ends with Beethoven's playful and exuberant second symphony.