Arion Orchestra, Douai Abbey,
Saturday 9 March 2013 at 7.45pm,
with star soloist
DAME EVELYN GLENNIE
The Arion Orchestra's annual concert at Douai Abbey, Upper Woolhampton,
near Reading, will take place on Saturday 9 March 2013 at 7.45pm, when the soloist will be the world renowned percussionist Dame Evelyn Glennie. Since she came to prominence in her youth she has established herself as a star performer all over the world, and again recently came to prominence in a new arena, performing at the opening ceremony of the London Olympics.
With the orchestra she will play two concertos, one by Vivaldi, his piccolo concerto which she has arranged for vibraphone and orchestra, the other an exciting South American marimba concerto by Ney Rosauro.
In between, the orchestra contributes two works that between them will create the right mood to move us from the Baroque character of Vivaldi to the exotic of Rosauro. These works are "Les Plaisirs" by Francois Dompierre and a Spanish Dance from "The Gadfly" by Shostaskovich. The orchestra begins the programme, out of the lofty silence of the Abbey, with Vaughan Williams' "Fantasia on a theme of Thomas Tallis", and the concert ends with an exciting rush of blood in the orchestral version of Mendelssohn's youthful and exuberant Octet for strings.
Saturday 9 March 2013 at 7.45pm,
with star soloist
DAME EVELYN GLENNIE
The Arion Orchestra's annual concert at Douai Abbey, Upper Woolhampton,
near Reading, will take place on Saturday 9 March 2013 at 7.45pm, when the soloist will be the world renowned percussionist Dame Evelyn Glennie. Since she came to prominence in her youth she has established herself as a star performer all over the world, and again recently came to prominence in a new arena, performing at the opening ceremony of the London Olympics.
With the orchestra she will play two concertos, one by Vivaldi, his piccolo concerto which she has arranged for vibraphone and orchestra, the other an exciting South American marimba concerto by Ney Rosauro.
In between, the orchestra contributes two works that between them will create the right mood to move us from the Baroque character of Vivaldi to the exotic of Rosauro. These works are "Les Plaisirs" by Francois Dompierre and a Spanish Dance from "The Gadfly" by Shostaskovich. The orchestra begins the programme, out of the lofty silence of the Abbey, with Vaughan Williams' "Fantasia on a theme of Thomas Tallis", and the concert ends with an exciting rush of blood in the orchestral version of Mendelssohn's youthful and exuberant Octet for strings.
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Past concerts from the 2012-13 season:
Memorial Concert
Sunday 2 December, 3.30pm
Concert Hall, Reading Town Hall
Conductor BRIEN STAIT
Oboe NICHOLAS DANIEL
J.S. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No3
Cimarosa: Oboe Concerto
Sibelius: Romance; Presto
Malcolm Arnold: Oboe Concerto
Brahms: Sextet Op18 No1 (orchestral version)
Nicholas Daniel, one of the world's finest oboists,
joins the Arion Orchestra which has an international
membership with players from many different countries.
Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 makes an explosive start to the programme, and is followed by an elegant and spirited oboe concerto by Cimarosa. Atmosphere and temperature change to Scandinavia with two characteristic pieces by Sibelius, and then return to the English melody and wit of Malcolm Arnold's oboe concerto. The second half features the warmth, excitement and overwhelming sonority of Brahms' 1st Sextet arranged for string orchestra by Brien Stait.
A fantastic concert for all tastes and ages played by outstanding musicians.
Concert Hall, Reading Town Hall
Conductor BRIEN STAIT
Oboe NICHOLAS DANIEL
J.S. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No3
Cimarosa: Oboe Concerto
Sibelius: Romance; Presto
Malcolm Arnold: Oboe Concerto
Brahms: Sextet Op18 No1 (orchestral version)
Nicholas Daniel, one of the world's finest oboists,
joins the Arion Orchestra which has an international
membership with players from many different countries.
Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 makes an explosive start to the programme, and is followed by an elegant and spirited oboe concerto by Cimarosa. Atmosphere and temperature change to Scandinavia with two characteristic pieces by Sibelius, and then return to the English melody and wit of Malcolm Arnold's oboe concerto. The second half features the warmth, excitement and overwhelming sonority of Brahms' 1st Sextet arranged for string orchestra by Brien Stait.
A fantastic concert for all tastes and ages played by outstanding musicians.
SATURDAY 28 FEBRUARY 2015 at 7.30pm in ST JAMES'S CHURCH, PICCADILLY, LONDON
ARION ORCHESTRA
Soprano – RAPHAELA PAPADAKIS
Piano – MASAYUKI TAYAMA
Conductor – JULIAN STAIT
Telemann: Don Quixote Suite
Schubert: Theme and Variations from 'Death and the Maiden', D.810
Sibelius: Romance, Op. 42
Bach: Keyboard Concerto, No. 5 in F Minor (BWV 1056)
Brahms String Sextet No.1 in B Flat Major, Op. 18:
2nd Movement (Andante)
Handel: 'Myself I shall adore' from Semele and 'Lascia la spina'
from Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno
Arvo Pärt: Silouans Song
Mozart: Divertimento in D, K.136
ARION ORCHESTRA
Soprano – RAPHAELA PAPADAKIS
Piano – MASAYUKI TAYAMA
Conductor – JULIAN STAIT
Telemann: Don Quixote Suite
Schubert: Theme and Variations from 'Death and the Maiden', D.810
Sibelius: Romance, Op. 42
Bach: Keyboard Concerto, No. 5 in F Minor (BWV 1056)
Brahms String Sextet No.1 in B Flat Major, Op. 18:
2nd Movement (Andante)
Handel: 'Myself I shall adore' from Semele and 'Lascia la spina'
from Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno
Arvo Pärt: Silouans Song
Mozart: Divertimento in D, K.136