Winter Concert 2019 at St Mark's Church, London on Saturday 30th November 2019

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

Winter Concert 2019

Part of the Bloomsbury Chamber Orchestra 2019-2020 Season

Add to my Calendar 30-11-2019 19:30 30-11-2019 21:30 36 Winter Concert 2019 Our concert opens with the second suite from George Bizet's incidental music for Alphonse Daudet's play, L'Arlesienne. The play was not successful and, like the majority of Bizet's music, the incidental music only gained independent fame after the composer's death, this second suite being constructed by Ernest Guiraud in 1879.  The four movements conclude with the famous Farandole, famous for its forthright main tune which later combines with a delightful little drum and pipe theme. Sticking with French music, the second half opens with Claude Debussy's evocation of Scottish music through his early Marche Ecossaise.  Originally for piano duet, this orchestration by the composer shows early signs of the later dazzling technique that he would develop through his short life.  The piece is charmingly tuneful and contains some beautifully lyrical music before a rumbustious ending. The two other pieces in this concert are by Britons with very strong connections.   The first half concludes with a rare performance of the Violin Concerto by Grace Williams (1906 - 1977).  Williams was born in Barry, South Wales and, after studying at Cardiff University, went on to the Royal College of Music where she was taught by Gordon Jacob and Ralph Vaughan Williams.  Her output was pretty extensive including two symphonies, some significant choral works, many orchestral pieces and concertos, including one for Trumpet and orchestra.  The Violin Concerto has been unjustly overlooked and offers easily as much for the listener to grasp and enjoy as those that are much better known by Walton and Britten, from a decade earlier.  The soloist in this performance is Madeleine Mitchell, a good friend of the orchestra, a brilliant violinist and a fine exponent of the music of Grace Williams, as borne out by her recent recording of the composer's Violin Sonata. The concert concludes with one of the most joyous pieces by one of Grace Williams's teachers, Ralph Vaughan Williams.  The overture to the incidental music for Aristophanes' The Wasps, that Vaughan Williams wrote for a 1909 production at Trinity College Cambridge, is one of the composer's most popular works.  The suite from the rest of the incidental music, however, deserves to be better known. The piece is full to the brim with great tunes, luscious orchestration abounds and there is an underlying wit that is very infectious. BCO concerts always have a lot to offer the listener.  This concert will be no exception and will provide the listener with lots to whet the appetite and feed the soul.  Come and enjoy. St Mark's Church, London DD/MM/YYYY

Details

St Mark's Church
St Mark's Square
Regents Park
London
NW1 7TN
England

Saturday 30th November 2019
7:30 PM

Programme

Georges Bizet – L'Arlésienne Suite no.2
Grace Williams – Violin Concerto
~ Interval ~
Claude Debussy – Marche Ecossaise (arr. orchestra)
Ralph Vaughan Williams – The Wasps, Aristophanic suite

Performers

Madeleine Mitchell – violin
Michael Turner – Conductor

Bloomsbury Chamber Orchestra

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Programme Note

Our concert opens with the second suite from George Bizet's incidental music for Alphonse Daudet's play, L'Arlesienne. The play was not successful and, like the majority of Bizet's music, the incidental music only gained independent fame after the composer's death, this second suite being constructed by Ernest Guiraud in 1879. The four movements conclude with the famous Farandole, famous for its forthright main tune which later combines with a delightful little drum and pipe theme.

Sticking with French music, the second half opens with Claude Debussy's evocation of Scottish music through his early Marche Ecossaise. Originally for piano duet, this orchestration by the composer shows early signs of the later dazzling technique that he would develop through his short life. The piece is charmingly tuneful and contains some beautifully lyrical music before a rumbustious ending.

The two other pieces in this concert are by Britons with very strong connections.

The first half concludes with a rare performance of the Violin Concerto by Grace Williams (1906 - 1977). Williams was born in Barry, South Wales and, after studying at Cardiff University, went on to the Royal College of Music where she was taught by Gordon Jacob and Ralph Vaughan Williams. Her output was pretty extensive including two symphonies, some significant choral works, many orchestral pieces and concertos, including one for Trumpet and orchestra. The Violin Concerto has been unjustly overlooked and offers easily as much for the listener to grasp and enjoy as those that are much better known by Walton and Britten, from a decade earlier. The soloist in this performance is Madeleine Mitchell, a good friend of the orchestra, a brilliant violinist and a fine exponent of the music of Grace Williams, as borne out by her recent recording of the composer's Violin Sonata.

The concert concludes with one of the most joyous pieces by one of Grace Williams's teachers, Ralph Vaughan Williams. The overture to the incidental music for Aristophanes' The Wasps, that Vaughan Williams wrote for a 1909 production at Trinity College Cambridge, is one of the composer's most popular works. The suite from the rest of the incidental music, however, deserves to be better known. The piece is full to the brim with great tunes, luscious orchestration abounds and there is an underlying wit that is very infectious.

BCO concerts always have a lot to offer the listener. This concert will be no exception and will provide the listener with lots to whet the appetite and feed the soul. Come and enjoy.

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