Elgar and Mozart in Oakham
Saturday May 10th
Our Season Finale will begin with a real favourite of English orchestral music; the overture to “The Wasps” by Vaughan Williams. The composer’s trademark folk-inspired melodies are all here whether they be pastoral vistas or stirring marches and all prefaced by the buzzing of the wasps on the strings! We then welcome Stamford-based Nick Taylor as our soloist in Mozart’s 23rd Piano Concerto. This is a concerto full of contrasting emotions with the slow movement in F sharp minor showing Mozart at his most melancholy.
A season finale wouldn’t be complete without something really special to bring it to a satisfying conclusion. To that end we will perform the first symphony by Sir Edward Elgar, the composer most associated with the Rutland Sinfonia. It is a major work and a challenge for any orchestra with its noble main theme and Elgarian swagger but a fitting finale to a great season
Elgar and Mozart in Oakham Website (Rutland Radio is not responsible for external websites)
Oakham School Chapel
Chapel Close, Market Place
Oakham
LE15 6DT
7:30 pm to 10:00 pm
Saturday May 10th
Our Season Finale will begin with a real favourite of English orchestral music; the overture to “The Wasps” by Vaughan Williams. The composer’s trademark folk-inspired melodies are all here whether they be pastoral vistas or stirring marches and all prefaced by the buzzing of the wasps on the strings! We then welcome Stamford-based Nick Taylor as our soloist in Mozart’s 23rd Piano Concerto. This is a concerto full of contrasting emotions with the slow movement in F sharp minor showing Mozart at his most melancholy.
A season finale wouldn’t be complete without something really special to bring it to a satisfying conclusion. To that end we will perform the first symphony by Sir Edward Elgar, the composer most associated with the Rutland Sinfonia. It is a major work and a challenge for any orchestra with its noble main theme and Elgarian swagger but a fitting finale to a great season
Elgar and Mozart in Oakham Website (Rutland Radio is not responsible for external websites)
Oakham School Chapel
Chapel Close, Market Place
Oakham
LE15 6DT
7:30 pm to 10:00 pm
