The Surrey Philharmonia’s first concert of the year will take place on Saturday, 28th February, at St George’s church, Ashtead. It features Mozart’s flute concerto with award winning soloist Daniel Shao. Adapted, by Mozart, from an original oboe concerto, it is said to be an excellent showpiece for a modern virtuosic soloist.
The concert opens with Schumann’s Overture, Sherzo & Finale. Written rapidly in 1841, the work reflects Schumann’s happiness at marrying Clara Wieck.
You will also hear Beethoven’s 8th symphony. Described as compact & witty, it is Beethoven’s penultimate, & shortest symphony.
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The Surrey Philharmonic Orchestra is proud to present a concert dedicated to the memory of Neil Gilchrist, who is much missed by all his fellow orchestra musicians.
The Magic Flute is a melodic fusion of the sublime & the silly. Following its solemn introduction, the overture continues with animated, fugue-style orchestration. Although the opera proved to be a great success, Mozart died only two months after its opening, at the age of 35.
The third symphony is the shortest of Brahms’ four symphonies. Its third movement will be familiar to many from its frequent use in films. One of the composer’s greatest triumphs, It is considered by many to be the first Romantic symphony.
Schumann’s cello concerto in A minor was completed in just under two weeks & was never played in the composer’s lifetime. It’s form is somewhere between three movements played without pause & one continuous movement.
Our soloist is Kosta Popovic who was born in 2000 into a musical family in Podgorica, Montenegro. The winner of many international competitions, Kosta is the founder member of the prize winning
Fibonacci Quartet.
Join the Surrey Philharmonic Orchestra for a musical treat on Saturday 24th May at the Ashtead Peace Memorial Hall.
Beethoven’s Egmont is both powerful & expressive, while the Bruch violin concerto no. 1 offers soaring melodies combined with lush & passionate orchestral writing. The concerto, with its notoriously difficult virtuoso passages for violin, will be performed by our very own orchestral leader, Joshua Hugo Von Bohlen.
The Gounod 2nd Symphony is an understated but tasteful piece which is both polished & a delight to listen to.
Organ recital given by Lucy Morrell. Free entry with retiring charitable collection. Programme to include works by: Bach, Mendelssohn, Price, and Schumann.
Join us on March 1st for a varied & melodic orchestral concert at St George’s Church Ashtead.
Prize winning Catalan cellist Gerard Flotats brings us Tchaikovsky’s elegant & ever popular Variations on a Rococo Theme. Gerard will also play a gem of the Romantic era, Romanze for cello & orchestra in F major, from a young Richard Strauss.
Other gems include an overture from Mendelssohn & two short pieces by Delius. The concert will close with a short symphony from a young Camille Saint-Saens.
