Welcome to the Ludlow Orchestra
Our next concert:
Saturday 18th November 2023, 7.30pm
St Laurence's Church, Ludlow
Claire Tocknell : Leader
Jonathan Lyness : Conductor
Ilid Jones : Oboe
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1 in D major “Classical”
Strauss: Oboe Concerto
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 in A major “Italian”
Tickets will available from Ludlow Assembly Rooms Box Office and on the door
Our next concert:
Saturday 18th November 2023, 7.30pm
St Laurence's Church, Ludlow
Claire Tocknell : Leader
Jonathan Lyness : Conductor
Ilid Jones : Oboe
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1 in D major “Classical”
Strauss: Oboe Concerto
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 in A major “Italian”
Tickets will available from Ludlow Assembly Rooms Box Office and on the door
The Russian composer Sergei Prokofiev reimagined Haydn when he composed his first symphony, one of many twentieth century pieces written in a neoclassical style. Engaging, witty and full of youthful high spirits, it remains one of the composer’s most popular works. Richard Strauss’s romantic oboe concerto combines the beauty and nostalgia that characterises many of the composer’s late autumnal works with a classically sized orchestra reflecting his great love of Mozart.
Felix Mendelssohn’s energetic “Italian” Symphony also harks back to classical forms, with a Haydn/Mozart sized orchestra. With its scintillating orchestration and brilliantly incisive rhythms, it reflects life as Mendelssohn had experienced it during his visits to Florence, Rome and Naples. An athletic first movement is followed by a beautiful ‘Pilgrims’ Procession’, a graceful minuet and a rip-roaring Roman ‘Saltarello’ to finish.
Felix Mendelssohn’s energetic “Italian” Symphony also harks back to classical forms, with a Haydn/Mozart sized orchestra. With its scintillating orchestration and brilliantly incisive rhythms, it reflects life as Mendelssohn had experienced it during his visits to Florence, Rome and Naples. An athletic first movement is followed by a beautiful ‘Pilgrims’ Procession’, a graceful minuet and a rip-roaring Roman ‘Saltarello’ to finish.