2025

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The next Hertfordshire Chamber Orchestra concerts:​​​​​​

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Saturday 13 September 2025

St Nicholas Church Harpenden

Sunday 14 September 2025

St Mary-at-Hill, London EC3

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Roberto Gerhard (1896-1970) Pandora - ballet suite (movts 1, 3, 5)

Aaron Copland (1900-1990) Appalachian Spring

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) Symphony no.6 in F major, Op.68 'Pastoral'

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leader Benedict Wong

conductor Edmon Colomer

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​Tickets:

Harpenden £20 (£15 concessions) under 18s free

Harpenden Trust office Mon-Fri 10am-12pm, 90 Southdown Road, Harpenden

T: 01582 460457

 

London £20, under 16s free

We Got Tickets or scan the QR code

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The Allies enlisted ballet as a patriotic art form during World War 2.  Exiled in Cambridge, Catalan Roberto Gerhard, a refugee from Franco's Spain, commissioned by the Ballet Jooss which had fled Hitler's Germany, portrayed Pandora's release of all the evils of the world.  At the same time, Aaron Copland partnered with Martha Graham to evoke America and its pioneer spirit in 'Appalachian Spring'.

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Our programme featuring the significance of musical expression during times of upheaval concludes with Beethoven's idealised 'Recollections of Country Life' created in the midst of the Napoleonic Wars.

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