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Heritage Centre
Roe Street
Macclesfield
SK11 6UT
England
Programme
Antonio Vivaldi – Concerto for 4 violins in B minor, Op.3 no.10
Gerald Finzi – Dies Natalis, Op.8
Percy Grainger – Molly on the Shore
Edward Elgar – Serenade for String Orchestra in E Minor, Op.20
Johann Sebastian Bach – Concerto for 2 Violins in D minor, BWV 1043
Performers
Nicholas Mulroy – Tenor
Nicholas Ward – Leader
Northern Chamber Orchestra
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Programme Note
Our December concert comprises baroque masterpieces and 20th century string music and opens with a chance to show off four of our wonderful violinists in Vivaldi’s B minor quadruple violin concerto. Finzi’s richly textured Dies Natalis closes the first half with the strings accompanying the internationally renowned tenor, Nicholas Mulroy. The text of the piece reflects the joy and wonder of a newborn child’s innocent perspective on the world, a metaphor perhaps for the season! After the interval and a glass of something warming, we have the delightful Molly on the Shore by Percy Grainger, followed by Elgar’s elegiac masterpiece, the Serenade for Strings. The concert is brought to a close by one of the best loved works of all time – Bach’s Concerto for two violins played by our leader Nicholas Ward and our principal 2nd violin, Simon Gilks.
