Details
                        
                                                            Heritage Centre
                                                        
                                Roe Street
                                
Macclesfield                                
Cheshire                                
SK11 6UT                                
England                            
                        
                        
                                                
                    
Programme
                                                                                                                                                                                    Benjamin Britten – Simple Symphony, Op.4
                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach – Cello Concerto in A minor, H.432
                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Edward Elgar – Wand of Youth suites: Selection
                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Edward Elgar – Chanson de Matin, Op.15 no.2
                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Edward Elgar – Nimrod for Cello and Strings (arr. Donald Fraser)
                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Dmitry Shostakovich – Chamber Symphony, Op.118a
                                                                                
                                                                                                                        
Performers
                                                            
                                                                                                                        Raphael Wallfisch – cello
                                                                                                            
                                                            
                                                                                                                        Nicholas Ward – Leader
                                                                                                            
                                                    
                                                            
                                                                            Northern Chamber Orchestra
                                                                    
                                                    
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Programme Note
Our president, internationally renowned cellist Raphael Wallfisch, plays CPE Bach and Elgar. The second surviving son of Johann Sebastian surpassed his father’s reputation throughout the latter half of the 18th century. His music is full of invention, extreme unpredictability and wide emotional range. Raphael also performs two Elgar miniatures followed by Nimrod from the Enigma Variations.
Britten and Shostakovich, leading composers of the 20th century, had great mutual respect and friendship. Britten was an early champion of recycling, reusing 8 little pieces he wrote as a child to make his brilliant Simple Symphony.
We end our mini-Shostakovich season with Barshai’s string orchestra version of the string quartet No. 10. In quality equal to the more well-known quartet No. 8, this was dedicated to his fellow composer and great friend, Moisei Weinberg. The scherzo is terrifying – and not just for the players.
                                        
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