The Festival Academy Orchestra
Ruth Rogers, violin
Thurs 21st May
7:00 pm
St James Church
Doors open at 6.15pm
The performance will end at approx. 8.45pm
Thomas Hull - conductor
COPLAND: Appalachian Spring: Orchestral Suite
BARBER: Violin Concerto op. 14
DVORÁK: Symphony no.9 in E minor, op.95 "From the New World”
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Students £1 (with adult ticket)
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A programme to mark the 250th anniversary of American Independence:
Copland's dreamy and hopeful Appalachian Spring, Barber's gloriously poetic violin concerto that contrasts songful lyricism with break neck dexterity, and Dvorák's warm and nostalgic New World Symphony.
Our leader, Ruth Rogers takes the solo spot in this programme. Her playing has been described as 'not calculated in any sense, her performance style and technique so assured that the music flows as a natural consequence of innermost understanding.' Music Opinion