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St Saviour's Church
25 Sandpit Lane
St Albans
Hertfordshire
AL1 4DF
England
Programme
Igor Stravinsky – Symphonies of Wind Instruments
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Le Nozze Di Figaro: 'Non so piu cosa son faccio'
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Le Nozze di Figaro: 'Voi che sapete'
Keith Marr – Five Songs for Liane
~ Interval ~
Felix Mendelssohn – Symphony no.5 in D minor 'Reformation', Op.107
Performers
Katie Bray – mezzo-soprano
Christopher Stark – Conductor
St Albans Symphony Orchestra
Programme Note
In the title of his work, Stravinsky used the word “symphonies” (note the plural form) not to label the work as an essay in the symphonic form, but rather in the word’s older, broader connotation, from the Greek, of “sounding together”. The music of the Symphonies draws on Russian folk elements, and is constructed of “contrasting episodes at three different yet related tempos”.
The Marriage of Figaro is considered one of the greatest operas ever written; it is a cornerstone of the repertoire and appears consistently in the top ten most frequently performed operas.
SASO's bass trombonist Keith Marr dedicated his Five Songs to his close friend Liane, who sadly died.
Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 5 ‘Reformation’ was composed in 1830 in honour of the 300th anniversary of the Presentation of the Augsburg Confession, a significant event of the Protestant Reformation.
