Join Martin Clarke and Heather Harrison from 10am on wycombesound.org.uk  

playing some outstanding classical music to make it the perfect soundtrack to your Sunday morning

 

Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks in D Bourree – a lively French dance to start our show

Borodin : String Quartet No 2 in D major 3rd movement Notturno andante – a passionate melody from the illegitimate son of a Russian prince

Dvorak: Symphony No 8 in G major 3rd movement allegretto grazioso – composed on holiday and demonstrating the joy he found when inspired by his surroundings

Mozart: The Magic Flute Overture – hear the story of Prince Tamino and Princess Pamina

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 4 in G 3rd movement Rondo vivace – listen to the hushed strings and the dancing answer from the piano

Brahms: Symphony No 2 in D major 3rd movement Allegretto grazioso – the oboe is in the spotlight with the opening delicate solo

Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings in C 1st movement Andante non troppo-allegro moderato – composed after an extended trip to Italy under doctor’s orders; find out why

Bach: Sheep may safely graze – a pastoral musical picture

 

 

COFFEE BREAK We will be playing two well known and much loved piano sonatas

Beethoven: Piano Sonata No 8 Pathetique 2nd movement Adagio cantabile

Beethoven: Piano Sonata No 14 in C sharp Moonlight 2nd movement Adagio sostenuto

 

Rossini: The Barber of Seville Overture – from the comic opera where love wins the day

Shostakovitch: Piano Concerto No 2 in F major 2nd movement Andante – dedicated to his son Maxim who performed the concerto at its premier in Moscow in 1957

Mendelssohn: Symphony No 3 in A minor Scottish 2nd movement Vivace non troppo – started on a walking trip in 1829 and completed 13 years later; a piece worth waiting for

Prokofiev: Symphony No 1 in D major  Classical 4th movement – given the nickname by Prokofiev and composed in the style of Haydn and Mozart

Vivaldi: Concerto in D major for Four Guitars 3rd movement Allegro – listen in to find out what instrument this piece was originally composed for

Beethoven: Symphony No 3 in E flat major Eroica 1st movement Allegro con brio – hear where this mighty symphony received its premier

 

Promoting live music locally: Details of concerts from Chorley Wood Orchestra & Bushey Symphony Orchestra

 

 

 

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