September Concert
August 2022
Hello Everyone!
There's a fresh, youthful feel to Taunton Sinfonietta's concert on Saturday 17th September in St.James' Church, Taunton at 7.30 pm
- a good antidote to Autumn!
This is on several counts: the orchestra will be joined by Alma Orr-Ewing, a young viola soloist hotfoot from the Birmingham Conservatoire, where she earned a Distinction in her Post-Graduate Performance Studies; Benjamin Britten was still a teenager when he wrote the ever-popular "Simple Symphony" which will be played; there'll be dance music from the 16th, 19th and 20th centuries - a galliard by Dowland, the folk dance "Sir Roger de Coverly" and 2 tangos by Piazzola; and an arrangement of Mozart's early String Quartet in G major K80.
Alma will play the haunting, evocative piece by Britten "Lachrymae - Reflections on a Song of Dowland", based on the song "If my complaints could passions move"- a set of variations from dreamy to resigned through anger, confusion and more, with a wonderful, serene ending - a piece well worth getting to know!
Tickets @£15 are available from Taunton Visitor Centre (01823 340470)
or online from www.tauntonsinfonietta.org.uk or at the door.
A reminder - our Young Musician's Platform concert (more young talent!) will be on Sunday 4th December at 3 pm in Temple Methodist Church, Taunton, when Anthony Knight, Taunton Young Musician 2022 will play "Winter" from Vivaldi's Four Seasons for violin and strings.
Robin Carpenter, Chairman, with thanks for the above notes given to me by Anna Bushell