2022

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The next Hertfordshire Chamber Orchestra concerts:

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Saturday 10 September 2022 730pm

St Nicholas Church, Church Green, Harpenden, AL5 2TP
for Mencap Harpenden 

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Sunday 11 September 2022 630pm

St Mary-at-Hill, Lovat Lane, London EC3R 8EE

For tickets please go to Eventbrite

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Conductor Bujar Llapaj

Leader Jan Kasnowski

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​Cherubini Overture to ‘Lodoïska’
Ravel Piano Concerto in G

with John Paul Ekins (piano)

Ravel 'Ma mère l'oye' suite

Stravinsky Pulcinella suite

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About this programme:

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MUSIC FIRST HEARD IN PARIS

We begin with the overture to Luigi Cherubini's opera 'Lodoïska', charting the rescue of a princess from the clutches of a ruthless baron in 17th-Century Poland. Written for the Paris Opera just after the Revolution, it quotes Mozart and inspired Beethoven.  Shifting to more obviously French company with two pieces by Maurice Ravel, we hear his jazz-inspired G-major piano concerto with soloist John Paul Ekins, followed by the suite from his evocative fairytale ballet 'Ma mère l'Oye'.  Returning to the role of Paris on the international stage, the suite to Russian Igor Stravinsky's delightful 1920 ballet about the Neapolitan Commedia dell'arte jester 'Pulcinella' completes our programme.

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