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Saint Saëns Carnival of the Animals

Kleinsinger Tubby the Tuba
    Narrator: Chris Jeffery

Richard Brown Pageant of the Seas

Offenbach Overture Orpheus in the Underworld

June’s Children’s Concert includes the classic Tubby the Tuba, famously narrated by Danny Kaye back in 1947. The programme also includes Richard Brown’s Pageant of the Seas and Saint-Saëns’ much-loved Carnival of the Animals. Book now to avoid disappointment!

Mozart Don Giovanni Overture

Beethoven Symphony No 8

Weber Bassoon Concerto op75
    Soloist Stephen Fuller

Strauss Don Juan

We open with Mozart’s Don Giovanni overture and Beethoven’s pithy Eighth, and finish with Strauss’s rapturous Don Juan. In the middle is Weber’s poised and tuneful bassoon concerto, featuring Stephen Fuller.

Boulanger D’un matin de printemps

Berlioz Harold in Italy
    Soloist Scott Storey (viola)

Saint-Saëns Symphony No 3
    Soloist Lucy Morrell (organ)

Adrian Brown perfectly understands Berlioz, whose Harold in Italy is both moving and colourful. This follows the celebrated D’un matin and precedes Saint-Saën’s thunderously rousing ‘Organ’ symphony. Earworms for days or your money back!

Vaughan Williams Symphony No 9

Mendelssohn Violin Concerto
    Soloist Mabelle Young-Eun Park
    Appears courtesy of The Philip and Dorothy Green Young Artists (PDGYA) Scheme
   

Gershwin American in Paris

A perfectly balanced programme, with Vaughan Williams’ visionary Ninth offset by Mendelssohn’s youthfully glowing violin concerto and Gershwin’s irresistibly jazzy ‘American in Paris’.

Ravel La Valse

Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto 1
    Soloist Rustam Khanmurzin

de Falla Three-Cornered Hat

In this crowd-pleaser, de Falla’s melody-crammed Three-Cornered Hat partners Ravel’s iconic La Valse and Tchaikovsky’s scaldingly passionate First Piano Concerto, with Rustam Khanmurzin.