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St Albans Symphony Orchestra: Vaughan Williams and Dvorak
Part of the St Albans Symphony Orchestra 2017-18 Season
Add to my Calendar 10-03-2018 19:30 10-03-2018 21:30 36 St Albans Symphony Orchestra: Vaughan Williams and Dvorak Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus is a work for harp and string orchestra, based on a folk tune. Vaughan Williams composed the work on commission from the British Council to be played at the 1939 World’s Fair in New York City. Dvořák’s Serenade for Winds evokes the atmosphere of the musical performances in Baroque castles, where the worlds of the aristocracy and the common folk merged. His Symphony No.7 is characteristic for its dramatic expression and sombre atmosphere of uncertainty and defiance. It is a profoundly intimate work where the composer ponders the meanderings of his soul and the answers to elementary issues of human existence. St Saviour's Church, St Albans DD/MM/YYYYDetails
St Saviour's Church
25 Sandpit Lane
St Albans
Hertfordshire
AL1 4DF
England
Programme
Ralph Vaughan Williams – Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus
Antonin Dvorak – Symphony no.7 in D minor, Op.70
Antonin Dvorak – Serenade for Wind Instruments, Op.44
Performers
Jennifer Wigram – Leader
Tom Hammond – Conductor
St Albans Symphony Orchestra
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Programme Note
Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus is a work for harp and string orchestra, based on a folk tune. Vaughan Williams composed the work on commission from the British Council to be played at the 1939 World’s Fair in New York City.
Dvořák’s Serenade for Winds evokes the atmosphere of the musical performances in Baroque castles, where the worlds of the aristocracy and the common folk merged. His Symphony No.7 is characteristic for its dramatic expression and sombre atmosphere of uncertainty and defiance. It is a profoundly intimate work where the composer ponders the meanderings of his soul and the answers to elementary issues of human existence.
