WPO 70th Anniversary Concert: The Line is Immaterial World Premiere at The Assembly Hall, Worthing on Saturday 23rd March 2019

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

WPO 70th Anniversary Concert

The Line is Immaterial World Premiere

Part of the Worthing Philharmonic Orchestra 70th Anniversary Season

Add to my Calendar 23-03-2019 19:30 23-03-2019 21:30 36 WPO 70th Anniversary Concert Stephen Cranford from BBC Radio Sussex will be narrator for the first half of the programme and Music Director Dominic has written a stunning brass fanfare to open the celebration concert. This will be followed by an oratorio composed In 1947 by Gerald Finzi set to a specially written poem by Edmund Blunden with title ‘For St Cecila’. The composition is intended to be a celebration of music’s patron saint and is for tenor soloist, chorus and full orchestra. The WPO is fortunate to have James Olsen as a Composer in residence. To mark the 70 year history of the WPO he has composed a Worthing Oratorio with title ‘The Line is Immaterial’ which will have first performance in the Assembly Hall by the orchestra together with Worthing Choral Society, The Boundstone Chorus and Sompting Village Primary School Choir, all regular live music makers alongside the WPO. The theme for this new work is a celebration of live music making in Worthing and James will be giving a pre-concert talk at 6.30pm and will explain his reasoning and structure of the work. Vocal soloists will be from the Countess of Munster Musical Trust and the Royal Opera House’s Jette Parker Young Artists Programme thanks to Dominic’s connection with the Royal Opera House. Having a large symphony orchestra and chorus in the hall, the second half of the celebration programme is devoted to the mighty Beethoven Symphony no 9 ‘The Choral’. The Assembly Hall, Worthing DD/MM/YYYY

Details

The Assembly Hall
Stoke Abbott Road
Worthing
West Sussex
BN11 1HQ
England

Saturday 23rd March 2019
7:30 PM

Programme

Dominic Grier – WPO Fanfare
Gerald Finzi – For St Cecilia, Op.30
James Olsen – The Line is Immaterial: A Worthing Oratorio
Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony no.9 in D minor 'Choral', Op.125

Performers

Dominic Grier – Conductor
Aedan Kerney – choral director
Thomas Atkins – Tenor
Elizabeth Karani – soprano
Penelope Cousland – mezzo-soprano
Nicholas Mogg – baritone
Stephen Cranford – Narrator

Worthing Philharmonic Orchestra
Boundstone Chorus
Worthing Choral Society

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Programme Note

Stephen Cranford from BBC Radio Sussex will be narrator for the first half of the programme and Music Director Dominic has written a stunning brass fanfare to open the celebration concert. This will be followed by an oratorio composed In 1947 by Gerald Finzi set to a specially written poem by Edmund Blunden with title ‘For St Cecila’. The composition is intended to be a celebration of music’s patron saint and is for tenor soloist, chorus and full orchestra. The WPO is fortunate to have James Olsen as a Composer in residence. To mark the 70 year history of the WPO he has composed a Worthing Oratorio with title ‘The Line is Immaterial’ which will have first performance in the Assembly Hall by the orchestra together with Worthing Choral Society, The Boundstone Chorus and Sompting Village Primary School Choir, all regular live music makers alongside the WPO. The theme for this new work is a celebration of live music making in Worthing and James will be giving a pre-concert talk at 6.30pm and will explain his reasoning and structure of the work. Vocal soloists will be from the Countess of Munster Musical Trust and the Royal Opera House’s Jette Parker Young Artists Programme thanks to Dominic’s connection with the Royal Opera House. Having a large symphony orchestra and chorus in the hall, the second half of the celebration programme is devoted to the mighty Beethoven Symphony no 9 ‘The Choral’.

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