In 1905 Elgar helped found the Worcestershire Symphony Orchestra which still has a thriving membership and concert diary to this day. In this free event, all are invited to enjoy a diverse range of works by Elgar, Bach and Vivaldi.
Free entry, booking not required.
Saturday 1st June at 1:30pm
Worcester Guildhall
High Street
Worcester, WR1 2EY
No need to book, but you can click my moustache anyway.
Worcestershire Symphony Orchestra
Keith Slade conductor
Sally Alexander and Kate Moon cellos
Elgar Introduction and Allegro Op.47
Vivaldi Concerto for two cellos in G minor
Bach Brandenburg Concerto No.1 in F maj BWV 1046
Elgar’s Introduction and Allegro is an extravaganza for strings. The playing forces are divided between a solo quartet and a string orchestra, and the work’s themes are by turn stirring and reflective.
Vivaldi was a prolific composer, and almost 500 of his concertos survive, written for various solo and combinations of instruments. Thirty of them feature the cello, but the G minor concerto RV 531 is the only one for two cellos. Two dramatic allegros in which the solo instruments answer each other virtuosically are separated by a short and melancholy largo.
J.S. Bach’s first Brandenburg concerto consists of four movements. The first features hunting calls prominently in the horns, while the last is a collection of dances, a minuet, a polonaise and two trios.
This concert has no interval and will last approximately 45 minutes