Details
St Mary's Church
Church Green
Witney
Oxfordshre
OX28 4AW
England
Programme
Felix Mendelssohn – Hebrides Overture 'Fingal's Cave', Op.26
Johann Nepomuk Hummel – Trumpet Concerto in E major, S.49
Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony no.3 in E flat major 'Eroica', Op.55
Performers
Richard Colquhoun – trumpet
Andrew Gray – Conductor
Burford Orchestra
Programme Note
Our Spring concert opens with Mendelssohn’sHebrides Overture, popularly known as Fingal’s Cave and written following his trip to the remote Scottish island. This is followed by Hummel’s lively trumpet concerto and the second half sees the orchestra take on one of Beethoven’s most celebrated works: the Eroica Symphony.