What's On
Sunday 3 July 2022, 3pm
Saffron Walden Symphony Orchestra
Saffron Walden Symphony OrchestraProgramme Details
Performers
- Saffron Walden Symphony Orchestra
- Richard Hull
- conductor
- Jill Morton
- piano
Programme
- Aaron Copland
- An Outdoor Overture
- George Gershwin
- Concerto in F
- Antonín Dvořák
- Symphony No.9 “From the New World”
Running Time
To be confirmed
The Saffron Walden Symphony Orchestra conclude their season with a programme of American music and music inspired by America.
An Outdoor Overture was written in 1938 for young musicians to perform and is a beautifully lyrical example of Copland’s work. Gershwin’s Concerto in F was written in 1925, one year after the hugely successful Rhapsody in Blue. It uses jazz styles within it that we all recognise including a bluesy slow movement featuring the trumpet, a cakewalk and ragtime elements. Dvořák’s ever-popular New World Symphony, full of American folk tunes and the famous Largo brings this season to a dramatic close.