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Two classics of the 20th century choral repertoire are on the menu for our summer concert.
Carmina Burana has become one of the most celebrated and performed works in recent history and The Armed Man is a relatively new work which has become a choral classic in its short life.
We will be accompanied again by our friends at Kent Sinfonia.
For this right royal month La Reine, Romances, Romanian Dances and a rapidly written refreshing symphony by Schubert are just the ticket for the Erato Orchestra’s May 20th concert. Lovers of violins and string music will be in seventh heaven.
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Saturday 20th May 2023 7.30pm
St. Mark’s Church, Church Road, Woodcote, Purley CR8 3QQ
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Symphony No.85 in B flat “La Reine” – HAYDN
Violin Romances in F, Op.50. and G, Op.40 – BEETHOVEN
Romanian Dances for Strings – BARTÓK
Symphony No.5 in B flat, D.485 – SCHUBERT
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CHRISTIAN PERSINARU – violin
JONATHAN REGAN – conductor
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Please see our website www.erato.org.uk for the ‘Next Concert’ page where you will find a map of the venue. You can also download a flyer from there or else save the image from this page.
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Prices: at the door – £12 (Seniors £10; Students £7; Members £6-£8; Student Members and Children free)
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A South London concert close to Croydon, Sutton, Carshalton and Redhill.
Easy parking
Sutton Symphony Orchestra present their latest concert, featuring Elgar’s Sea Pictures with soloist Maggie Cooper, Dvořák’s Symphony No 7 and a brand new piece by Carshalton-born composer David Hackbridge Johnson, River Wandle Suite. Join us on Saturday 25th March 7.30pm at St Andrews URC, Cheam.
David Hackbridge Johnson has had his music performed by the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Scottish National Orchestra and Welsh National Opera, among others. His commission for Sutton Symphony Orchestra, River Wandle Suite, takes us along the Wandle from Carshalton Ponds, past the water grasses and mills into a rousing finale.
From the Wandle to the ocean – Elgar’s Sea Pictures set to music five poems inspired by the sea’s beauty, power and even danger, and are full of the same melodic richness that made his famous Enigma Variations such a success. And then there is Dvořák’s Seventh Symphony. From its foreboding opening to the lyrical second movement (largely considered some of the composer’s finest work) and the lilting rhythms of the third movement, it ends with a resounding and satisfyingly-brassy finale.
‘I am now busy with the new Symphony and wherever I go I have no thought for anything but my work, which must be such as to move the world — well, God grant that it may be so!’ Dvořák on his Symphony No 7
Sutton Symphony Orchestra is a group of orchestral music enthusiasts and amateur performers, primarily local to Sutton and South London, conducted by Philip Aslangul and led by Annmarie McDade. We are thrilled to be joined on-stage by London-based mezzo-soprano Maggie Cooper for this concert.
PROGRAMME & PERFORMERS
David Hackbridge Johnson River Wandle Suite
Elgar Sea Pictures
Dvořák Symphony No 7
Philip Aslangul conductor
Maggie Cooper mezzo-soprano
Annmarie McDade leader
Sutton Symphony Orchestra
TICKETS £12, free for under-18s. Available online or on the door.
The “Clock” Symphony was enthusiastically reviewed at its première. “HAYDN; the inexhaustible, the wonderful, the sublime HAYDN! The first two movements were encored; and the character that pervaded the whole composition was heartfelt joy.”
Two compositions by Mozart complete the Erato Orchestra’s March concert programme: the most requested concerto in the bassoon repertoire and the “Haffner” Symphony one of Mozart’s most famous. Definitely an evening to look forward to!
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Saturday 18th March 2023 7.30pm
St. Mark’s Church, Church Road, Woodcote, Purley CR8 3QQ
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Symphony No.35 in D “Haffner”, K.385 – MOZART
Bassoon Concerto in B flat, K.191 – MOZART
Symphony No.101 in D “Clock” – HAYDN
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SHARUDDIN ROSUNALLY – bassoon
RUSSELL KEABLE – conductor
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Please see our website www.erato.org.uk for the ‘Next Concert’ page where you will find a map of the venue. You can also download a flyer from there or else save the image from this page.
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Prices: at the door – £12 (Seniors £10; Students £7; Members £6-£8; Student Members and Children free)
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A South London concert close to Croydon, Sutton, Carshalton and Redhill.
Easy parking
