Finchley concert - Brahms, Parry and Vaughan Williams: Finchley Symphony Orchestra and Finchley Chamber Choir at Trinity Church Centre, London on Saturday 8th July 2023

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Finchley concert - Brahms, Parry and Vaughan Williams

Finchley Symphony Orchestra and Finchley Chamber Choir

Add to my Calendar 08-07-2023 19:30 08-07-2023 21:30 36 Finchley concert - Brahms, Parry and Vaughan Williams The magnificent symphonies of Brahms are some of the best-loved pieces of the FSO audience and this concert features the monumental fourth.  When we performed the piece in Hampstead years ago most of the church lights failed during the final Passacaglia leading some of the audience to congratulate us on the dramatic effect – we are not hoping for a repeat this time! ‘In Windsor Forest’ is a five-section cantata adapted by Vaughan Williams from music originally composed for his opera ‘Sir John in Love’.  He described it as something to give the public “the plums and no cake”.  This is often performed with piano accompaniment but in our concert you can enjoy the full orchestral version. ‘Blest Pair of Sirens’ by the composer of the favourite ceremonial anthem ‘I was glad’ celebrates the “sphere-born harmonious sisters, Voice and Verse”.  This earlier choral ode is similarly rich and resonant and did much to establish Parry’s reputation in Victorian Britain. Trinity Church Centre, London DD/MM/YYYY

Details

Trinity Church Centre
15 Nether Street
North Finchley
London
N12 7NN
England

Saturday 8th July 2023
7:30 PM

Programme

Johannes Brahms – Symphony no.4 in E minor, Op.98
Charles Hubert Hastings Parry – Blest Pair of Sirens
Ralph Vaughan Williams – In Windsor Forest

Performers

David Lardi – Conductor

Finchley Symphony Orchestra
Finchley Chamber Choir

Programme Note

The magnificent symphonies of Brahms are some of the best-loved pieces of the FSO audience and this concert features the monumental fourth. When we performed the piece in Hampstead years ago most of the church lights failed during the final Passacaglia leading some of the audience to congratulate us on the dramatic effect – we are not hoping for a repeat this time!

‘In Windsor Forest’ is a five-section cantata adapted by Vaughan Williams from music originally composed for his opera ‘Sir John in Love’. He described it as something to give the public “the plums and no cake”. This is often performed with piano accompaniment but in our concert you can enjoy the full orchestral version.

‘Blest Pair of Sirens’ by the composer of the favourite ceremonial anthem ‘I was glad’ celebrates the “sphere-born harmonious sisters, Voice and Verse”. This earlier choral ode is similarly rich and resonant and did much to establish Parry’s reputation in Victorian Britain.

A summer feast of Brahms, Vaughan Williams and Parry

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