Music for a Great City at St John's Smith Square, London on Friday 10th May 2024

Music for a Great City

Add to my Calendar 10-05-2024 19:30 10-05-2024 21:30 36 Music for a Great City The Outcry Ensemble and conductor James Henshaw make a welcome return to SJSS to explore and celebrate London’s impact through the ages on musical culture. May’s concert, part of a festival that continues throughout the year, features Walton's renowned 1st Symphony, completed in the capital in 1935. This epic symphony sits alongside Haydn’s energetic London Symphony, his final work of the genre.  This is complemented with a performance of a thought provoking string work by Isobel Waller-Bridge, a celebrated British composer whose music is equally at home in the concert hall and television screen. St John's Smith Square, London DD/MM/YYYY

Details

St John's Smith Square
Smith Square
City of Westminster
London
SW1P 3HA
England

Friday 10th May 2024
7:30 PM

Tickets

Prices: £35 - £10
Booking line: 020 7222 1061
Book Tickets

Programme

Henry Purcell – Abdelazer Suite
Isobel Waller-Bridge – Music for Strings
~ Interval ~
Joseph Haydn – Symphony no.104 in D major 'London', Hob.I:104
William Walton – Symphony no.1 in B flat minor

Performers

James Henshaw – Conductor

Outcry Ensemble

Programme Note

The Outcry Ensemble and conductor James Henshaw make a welcome return to SJSS to explore and celebrate London’s impact through the ages on musical culture. May’s concert, part of a festival that continues throughout the year, features Walton's renowned 1st Symphony, completed in the capital in 1935. This epic symphony sits alongside Haydn’s energetic London Symphony, his final work of the genre. This is complemented with a performance of a thought provoking string work by Isobel Waller-Bridge, a celebrated British composer whose music is equally at home in the concert hall and television screen.

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