Ensemble East Chamber Orchestra: The Unanswered Question at St Peter Mancroft Church, Norwich on Saturday 15th July 2023

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

Ensemble East Chamber Orchestra

The Unanswered Question

Part of the Ensemble East 2023 Season

Add to my Calendar 15-07-2023 19:00 15-07-2023 21:00 36 Ensemble East Chamber Orchestra Ensemble East makes a welcome return to St Peter Mancroft this July to perform a varied programme of Mozart, Ibert, Ives & Schubert.   Mozart’s youthful Divertimento K136 for strings is a delightfully exuberant work. Ibert’s virtuosic Flute Concerto, performed by local player Claire Luck, incorporates a number of eclectic styles; restless and chromatic passagework, beautiful soulful and reflective melodies, jazzy syncopations and fireworks. The second half opens with Charles Ives’ beautiful and perplexing, The Unanswered Question, a miniature he called a “cosmic drama”, scored for solo trumpet, wind quartet and strings. Schubert's Symphony No. 2 closes the concert with a classical flourish.     St Peter Mancroft Church, Norwich DD/MM/YYYY

Details

St Peter Mancroft Church
Hay Hill
Norwich
Norfolk
NR2 1QQ
England

Saturday 15th July 2023
7:00 PM

Programme

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Divertimento in D major, K.136/125a
Jacques Ibert – Flute Concerto
~ Interval ~
Charles Ives – The Unanswered Question
Franz Schubert – Symphony no.2 in B flat major, D.125

Performers

Philip Hesketh – Conductor
Claire Luck – flute

Ensemble East

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Programme Note

Ensemble East makes a welcome return to St Peter Mancroft this July to perform a varied programme of Mozart, Ibert, Ives & Schubert.

Mozart’s youthful Divertimento K136 for strings is a delightfully exuberant work. Ibert’s virtuosic Flute Concerto, performed by local player Claire Luck, incorporates a number of eclectic styles; restless and chromatic passagework, beautiful soulful and reflective melodies, jazzy syncopations and fireworks.

The second half opens with Charles Ives’ beautiful and perplexing, The Unanswered Question, a miniature he called a “cosmic drama”, scored for solo trumpet, wind quartet and strings. Schubert's Symphony No. 2 closes the concert with a classical flourish.

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