2011/12 Season

Saturday 24 March 2012
Wymondham Abbey (click here for a map)

Spring Concert

Programme:-

• Overture ‘Le Carnaval Romain’  - Berlioz
• Cello Concerto in B minor - Dvorak
  with Kwesi Edman, cello
• Slavonic Dances Op 46 - Dvorak
• Symphony N°3 ‘Rhenish’ - Schumann

Time:- 19:30

Ticket prices:- £10 (adult), £9 (concession), £2 (children)

Tickets available :- Tickets will be available 6 weeks before the concert.

Three nineteenth century master-composers are represented in this programme with works spanning some 50 years. Berlioz' dramatic depiction of a Roman carnival, Schumann's Symphony inspired by a happy and peaceful trip to the Rhineland with Clara, his wife, and Dvorak's popular take on Slavonic dance culture, all complement the Dvorak Cello Concerto, a majestic work giving Kwesi Edman the perfect medium for his virtuosity and musicianship.

Kwesi Edman is the fabulously talented ‘cellist playing the solo in Dvorak’s justly popular ‘cello concerto.

Saturday 7 July 2012
Wymondham Abbey (click here for a map)

Summer Concert

Programme:-

• Fanfare for the Common Man - Copland
• Prelude Die Meistersinger von Nuremburg - Wagner
• Piano Concerto N°4 - Beethoven
  with Richard Uttley, piano (Haverhill Sinfonia Soloists Competition Winner 2010)
• Symphony N°1 - Sibelius

Time:- 19:30

Ticket prices:- £12 (adult), £10 (concession), £2 (children)

Tickets available :- Tickets will be available 6 weeks before the concert.

Not long before the 2012 London Olympics, we make subtle links to competition and the prevailing of the common man. Copland's Fanfare was written just as America was entering the 2nd World War when much would be asked of ordinary men and women; Wagner's Prelude prefaces the opera about the striving of amateur musicians to succeed in the Guild of Mastersingers; and we welcome Richard Uttley, whose performance of Beethoven is bound to be an un-missable joy. Sibelius' powerful First Symphony brings our season to a close.

Richard Uttley, winner of the prestigious Haverhill Sinfonia Soloists Competition in 2010 will be sharing his talent with WSO at our summer concert.