THE ENGLISH Symphony Orchestra will be performing at Great Malvern Priory at 7.30pm on Wednesday, November 23, when ‘The Journey Home’ comes to the venue.
The programme will feature Haydn – Farewell Symphony, David Matthews – Le Lac, Barber – Knoxville: Summer of 1915 and Mozart – Symphony No. 36 ‘Linz’
The conductor will be Kenneth Woods and soloist April Frederick (Soprano) will also take to the stage.
Tickets (online and on-the-door) are £20 and free for under 18s.
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Journey home with the English Symphony Orchestra boasts the clarity and elegance of Mozart and Haydn’s classical symphonies which entwine with Barber’s rich evocation of American memories and David Matthew’s hauntingly beautiful Le Lac.
Mozart penned his ‘Linz’ Symphony as he travelled home from Salzburg to Vienna, and Haydn’s ‘Farewell’ symphony is a musical hint to let him and his fellow musicians return home having been kept on an extended summer holiday for too long by their employer.
Barber’s ‘Knoxville: Summer of 1915’ is a nostalgic view of the world through a young boy’s eyes – an adult reminiscing of a lost time.
David Matthews’ ‘Le Lac’ sets the words of poet Alphonse de Lamartine which evoke a young couple’s journey across a calm lake, as they fall in love.
English Symphony Orchestra’s Artistic Director and Principal Conductor, Kenneth Woods, said he created this programme as part of the orchestra’s Journeys and Discoveries season.
Soprano April Frederick is English Symphony Orchestra’s Affiliate Artist and features as soloist in both ‘Knoxville: Summer of 1915’, and in David Matthew’s Le Lac which was written in 2017 for her to perform.
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