Trinity Orchestra with Colin Lawson: Mendelssohn, Spohr & Beethoven at Trinity Church, London on Saturday 23rd March 2019

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Trinity Orchestra with Colin Lawson

Mendelssohn, Spohr & Beethoven

Add to my Calendar 23-03-2019 19:30 23-03-2019 21:30 36 Trinity Orchestra with Colin Lawson Trinity Orchestra is delighted to welcome back distinguished clarinettist Colin Lawson CBE, Director of the Royal College of Music, to perform the sparkling Clarinet Concerto No. 4 by Louis Spohr under the baton of guest conductor Gonzalo Acosta. The orchestra will also perform the Hebrides Overture (Fingal’s Cave) by Felix Mendelssohn. This ever-popular work was written in 1829, after Mendelssohn took a memorable trip to the Scottish Island of Staffa and its famous Fingal’s Cave. On the journey he wrote the first few bars of what became the Hebrides Overture on a postcard to his sister saying “how extraordinarily the Hebrides affected me”. Ending the evening will be the glorious Symphony No. 7 by Ludwig Van Beethoven. The work was premiered, with Beethoven himself conducting, in Vienna on 8 December 1813. Described by Wagner as “the apotheosis of the dance”, this four-movement symphony begins in a sombre fashion but ends exuberantly. The finale was apparently summed up by Tchaikovsky as ‘a whole series of images, full of unrestrained joy, full of bliss and pleasure of life’. Join us for a pre-concert talk at 7pm. Trinity Church, London DD/MM/YYYY

Details

Trinity Church
Hindes Road
Harrow
London
HA1 1RX
England

Saturday 23rd March 2019
7:30 PM

Programme

Felix Mendelssohn – Hebrides Overture 'Fingal's Cave', Op.26
Louis Spohr – Clarinet Concerto no.4 in E minor, WoO20
Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony no.7 in A major, Op.92

Performers

Colin Lawson – clarinet
Gonzalo Acosta – Conductor

Trinity Orchestra, Harrow

Programme Note

Trinity Orchestra is delighted to welcome back distinguished clarinettist Colin Lawson CBE, Director of the Royal College of Music, to perform the sparkling Clarinet Concerto No. 4 by Louis Spohr under the baton of guest conductor Gonzalo Acosta.

The orchestra will also perform the Hebrides Overture (Fingal’s Cave) by Felix Mendelssohn. This ever-popular work was written in 1829, after Mendelssohn took a memorable trip to the Scottish Island of Staffa and its famous Fingal’s Cave. On the journey he wrote the first few bars of what became the Hebrides Overture on a postcard to his sister saying “how extraordinarily the Hebrides affected me”.

Ending the evening will be the glorious Symphony No. 7 by Ludwig Van Beethoven. The work was premiered, with Beethoven himself conducting, in Vienna on 8 December 1813. Described by Wagner as “the apotheosis of the dance”, this four-movement symphony begins in a sombre fashion but ends exuberantly. The finale was apparently summed up by Tchaikovsky as ‘a whole series of images, full of unrestrained joy, full of bliss and pleasure of life’.

Join us for a pre-concert talk at 7pm.

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