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All Saints Church
Ringinglow Road
Ecclesall
Sheffield
S11 7PP
England
Programme
Gioachino Rossini – The Barber of Seville: Overture
Edward Elgar – Mina
André Caplet – Suite Persane
Pyotr Tchaikovsky – Souvenir de Florence, Op.70
Sergei Rachmaninov – Scherzo in D minor
~ Interval ~
George Frideric Handel – The Water Music, HWV 349: Alla Danza 'Hornpipe'
Johan Svendsen – Romance, Op.26
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Symphony no.31 in D major 'Paris', K.297/300a
Performers
Laurence Perkins – Conductor
Ralph Dawson – violin / Leader
Sheffield Chamber Orchestra
Programme Note
Tonight we have an eclectic mix of musical morsels which combine together to make a wonderfully appetising whole.
Rossini had an amazing gift for writing catchy memorable tunes and his Overture to the Barber of Seville is stuffed full of them. Next is Elgar's hymn of praise to his cairn terrier Mina. Then comes Caplet 's Suite Persane inspired by the Paris Exposition Universelle in 1889. Tchaikovsky’s Souvenir de Florence follows, which seems to have been inspired by Italy's sunny climes. We close the first half with Rachmaninov’s Scherzo in D minor.
After the interval another will known piece, Handel’s Suite #2 in D from the Water Music. Then comes Svendsen’s Romance where our soloist tonight is our leader Ralph Dawson. We’ve chosen Mozart’s 31st Symphony — “Paris” for our grand finale — notable for having an unusually large instrumentation for its time and the first symphony where he used clarinets.
