2009/10 Season

Saturday 10 July 2010
Wymondham Abbey (click here for a map)

Summer Concert

Programme:-

• Egdon Heath - Holst
• Clarinet Concerto No 2 in E flat - Weber
  with soloist Sarah Williamson
• Symphony No 6 - Dvorak

Time:- 19:30

Ticket prices:- £10 (adult), £9 (concession), £2 (children)

Tickets available :- Tickets will be available 6 weeks before the concert.

Once again, WSO are proud to be a part of the exciting Wymondham Music Festival. We welcome talented clarinetist Sarah Williamson who will join the orchestra in Weber’s expressive and lyrical second clarinet concerto. Either side of that are two contrasting pieces. Egdon Heath (subtitled “Homage to Thomas Hardy) is Holst as deeply serious philosopher - expounding the grim and bitterly triumphant quintessence of Hardy. The 6th Symphony by Dvorak is a fusion of the symphonic convention with Czech folk music, which succeeded in establishing his international reputation, not least in this country.

Sarah Williamson

Find out more about this stunningly talented musician here.

Saturday 20 November 2010
Hempnall Village Hall

Autumn Concert

Programme:-

• Overture The Thieving Magpie - Rossini
• Romance for violin and orchestra - Dvořák
  with soloist Ralph Chadwick
• English Folksong Suite - Vaughan Williams
• Symphony No 5 in C minor - Beethoven

Time:- 19:30

Ticket prices:- TBC

Tickets available :- Tickets will be available 6 weeks before the concert.

We are delighted to be returning to Hempnall Village Hall, where we have played many times to a packed and appreciative audience. This programme has been chosen to be both suitable for the venue and appealing to players and audience alike. The pieces themselves probably need no introduction, but we are delighted that our leader Ralph Chadwick has agreed to play the solo in the Dvořák Romance. He’s a very fine violinist and it will be great to hear him on his own for once! Ticket details will be announced in due course.

Ludwig van Beethoven