| Saturday 14th October 2017 at 7:30pm | |
| The Corn Exchange, Ipswich | |
| Conductor - Ben Palmer | |
| Guest Leader - Beth Spendlove | |
| Mussorgsky: | Night on a Bare Mountain (original version) |
| Dukas: | The Sorcerer's Apprentice |
| Berlioz: | Symphonie Fantastique |
We will begin our 2017-2018 season of concerts with a Halloween-inspired evening of romantic programme music.
Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique - subtitled an "Episode in the life of an artist" is effectively a musical self-portrait as Berlioz descends into the depths of opium-fuelled despair over unrequited love for the actress Harriet Smithson (whom he later married). It is arguably one of the most imaginative symphonies of all time and certainly one of Berlioz’s most endearing works. The Sorcerer's Apprentice by Dukas - based upon a Goethe poem of the same name - is a masterpiece of orchestration and is widely performed in its own right, although it found fame when it was introduced to a global audience following its use in Walt Disney’s 1940 film Fantasia. And to start the concert, Mussorgsky's popular early orchestral masterpiece inspired by Russian legends of a witches sabbath taking place on Lysa Hora - the "bald" mountain - outside Kiev. Heavily criticized by Mussorgsky’s mentor Balakirev, it was never performed in Mussorgsky’s lifetime.
Be prepared for some orchestral magic!
| Saturday 3rd February 2018 at 7:30pm | |
| The APEX, Bury St. Edmunds | |
| Conductor - Andrew Morley | |
| Guest Leader - Nick Reynolds | |
| Wagner: | Flying Dutchman Overture |
| Tchaikovsky: | Entr'acte & Waltz from Eugene Onegin |
| Ravel: | Tombeau de Couperin |
| Khachaturian: | Adagio from Spartacus |
| Debussy: | La Mer |
| Saturday 12th May 2018 at 7:30pm | |
| The Corn Exchange, Ipswich | |
| Conductor - William Carslake | |
| Guest Leader - Nick Reynolds | |
| Schubert: | Symphony No.8 in B minor, D.759 "Unfinished" |
| Sibelius: | Symphony No.7 in C major, Op.105 |
| Brahms: | Symphony No.1 in C minor, Op.86 |
The Wolsey Orchestra is a member of the Ipswich Arts Association. To find out more about the Association, its members, events and activities, and to read Images magazine online, visit www.ipswich-arts.org.uk
The Wolsey Orchestra is a member of Making Music, formerly the National Federation of Music Societies, which represents and supports amateur choirs, orchestras and music promoters throughout the UK
The Wolsey Orchestra wishes to acknowledge the help we receive from Melody Management in the promotion of our concerts.
