Music from Great Britain: Burford Orchestra's winter concert at Burford School, Burford on Saturday 23rd November 2019

Please note: This concert is in the past and has already taken place.

Music from Great Britain

Burford Orchestra's winter concert

Add to my Calendar 23-11-2019 19:30 23-11-2019 21:30 36 Music from Great Britain Burford Orchestra’s autumn concert on 23 November at Burford School entirely features music from Great Britain and includes some of our island’s most famous composers. The first half journeys around our shores, with Cheltenham-based Gustav Holst’s Somerset Rhapsody cleverly interweaving traditional folks songs from the west country and Hamish MacCunn’s Land of the Mountain and Flood evoking moods and landscapes of his native Scotland. These are juxtaposed with Malcolm Arnold’s Peterloo Overture which dramatically depicts the events of the Peterloo Massacre, which occurred in Manchester 200 years ago. After the interval, the orchestra turns to a composer who needs no introduction, Edward Elgar, and his enduringly popular Enigma Variations. Burford School, Burford DD/MM/YYYY

Details

Burford School
Cheltenham Road
Burford
Oxfordshire
OX18 4PL
England

Saturday 23rd November 2019
7:30 PM

Programme

Gustav Holst – A Somerset Rhapsody, Op.21
Edward Elgar – Enigma Variations, Op.36
Malcolm Arnold – Peterloo Overture, Op.97
Hamish MacCunn – Overture 'The Land of the Mountain and the Flood'

Performers

Andrew Gray – Conductor

Burford Orchestra

Programme Note

Burford Orchestra’s autumn concert on 23 November at Burford School entirely features music from Great Britain and includes some of our island’s most famous composers. The first half journeys around our shores, with Cheltenham-based Gustav Holst’s Somerset Rhapsody cleverly interweaving traditional folks songs from the west country and Hamish MacCunn’s Land of the Mountain and Flood evoking moods and landscapes of his native Scotland. These are juxtaposed with Malcolm Arnold’s Peterloo Overture which dramatically depicts the events of the Peterloo Massacre, which occurred in Manchester 200 years ago. After the interval, the orchestra turns to a composer who needs no introduction, Edward Elgar, and his enduringly popular Enigma Variations.

Your events at Classical Events