Truro Symphony Orchestra Concert: In Support of Music in Truro Cathedral at Truro Cathedral, Truro on Saturday 15th July 2017

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

Truro Symphony Orchestra Concert

In Support of Music in Truro Cathedral

Add to my Calendar 15-07-2017 19:30 15-07-2017 21:30 36 Truro Symphony Orchestra Concert A rare opportunity to hear a concert by our local professional orchestra, Truro Symphony Orchestra, whose players are donating their services free so that the proceeds will go to support music at the cathedral. Truro Choral Society is providing practical support.The programme includes Vaughan Williams’s beautiful The Lark Ascending, with orchestra leader Philip Montgomery-Smith as soloist. This tranquil piece is followed by a complete contrast in Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture. He composed it in 1880 to commemorate Napoleon’s retreat from Moscow, and the original idea was for a performance in a Moscow square with large orchestra, military band, cathedral bells and cannon fire. At this concert, audience members will be supplied with paper bags to be “exploded” on cue.Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony is another of his popular works. The so-called Fate theme is heard in all four movements and gradually transforms to culminate in a triumphal march in the last movement to bring the concert to a resounding and exuberant conclusion. Truro Cathedral, Truro DD/MM/YYYY

Details

Truro Cathedral
14 St Marys St
Truro
Cornwall
TR1 2AF
England

Saturday 15th July 2017
7:30 PM

Programme

Pyotr Tchaikovsky – 1812 Overture, Op.49
Ralph Vaughan Williams – The Lark Ascending
Pyotr Tchaikovsky – Symphony no.5 in E minor, Op.64 (arr. chamber orchestra by G Martin)

Performers

Martin Palmer – Conductor
Philip Montgomery-Smith – violin

Truro Symphony Orchestra

Programme Note

A rare opportunity to hear a concert by our local professional orchestra, Truro Symphony Orchestra, whose players are donating their services free so that the proceeds will go to support music at the cathedral. Truro Choral Society is providing practical support.

The programme includes Vaughan Williams’s beautiful The Lark Ascending, with orchestra leader Philip Montgomery-Smith as soloist. This tranquil piece is followed by a complete contrast in Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture. He composed it in 1880 to commemorate Napoleon’s retreat from Moscow, and the original idea was for a performance in a Moscow square with large orchestra, military band, cathedral bells and cannon fire. At this concert, audience members will be supplied with paper bags to be “exploded” on cue.

Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony is another of his popular works. The so-called Fate theme is heard in all four movements and gradually transforms to culminate in a triumphal march in the last movement to bring the concert to a resounding and exuberant conclusion.

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