Northern Chamber Orchestra with Craig Ogden, guitar at Stoller Hall, Manchester on Sunday 22nd May 2022

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Northern Chamber Orchestra with Craig Ogden, guitar

Add to my Calendar 22-05-2022 15:00 22-05-2022 17:00 36 Northern Chamber Orchestra with Craig Ogden, guitar The NCO is joined by Australian guitarist, Craig Ogden, who performs Malcolm Arnold’s Guitar Concerto and Peter Sculthorpe’s Nourlangie, influenced by South East Asian and native Australian music. Irish Tune from County Derry is a great example of Australian composer Percy Grainger’s distinctive style, richly harmonised for strings. Those who have seen Ken Russell’s Elgar biopic will associate the Introduction and Allegro with an exhilarating horse ride in the Malvern Hills. Vaughan Williams’ Tallis Fantasia uses a second string orchestra which echoes like monks chanting in the cloister. For this concert the orchestra is joined by students from Chetham’s School of Music. Stoller Hall, Manchester DD/MM/YYYY

Details

Stoller Hall
Hunts Bank
Manchester
M3 1DA
England

Sunday 22nd May 2022
3:00 PM

Programme

Ralph Vaughan Williams – Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Percy Grainger – Irish Tune from County Derry
Malcolm Arnold – Guitar Concerto, Op.67
Peter Sculthorpe – Nourlangie
Edward Elgar – Introduction and Allegro, Op.47

Performers

Nicholas Ward – Artistic Director
Craig Ogden – acoustic guitar

Northern Chamber Orchestra

Programme Note

The NCO is joined by Australian guitarist, Craig Ogden, who performs Malcolm Arnold’s Guitar Concerto and Peter Sculthorpe’s Nourlangie, influenced by South East Asian and native Australian music. Irish Tune from County Derry is a great example of Australian composer Percy Grainger’s distinctive style, richly harmonised for strings.

Those who have seen Ken Russell’s Elgar biopic will associate the Introduction and Allegro with an exhilarating horse ride in the Malvern Hills. Vaughan Williams’ Tallis Fantasia uses a second string orchestra which echoes like monks chanting in the cloister.

For this concert the orchestra is joined by students from Chetham’s School of Music.

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