Our Next Concert

Following on from our hugely successful concert at the Ipswich Corn Exchange in Autumn 2024, the Wolsey Orchestra is delighted to return to present yet another exciting evening of orchestral favourites. On this occasion, we will be conducted by the up-and-coming young conductor Dexter Drown - making his first concert appearance in Ipswich.

Pictures at an Exhibition - originally composed as a piano suite and depicting a tour of an art exhibition - is widely consider to be one of Mussorgsky's greatest works. However it is the stunning orchestration of the suite by Ravel nearly half a century later, in 1922, that is more widely known and loved by audiences today. Petrushka, first performed by the Ballet Russe in 1911, is one of three ground-breaking ballets composed by a young Stravinsky just before the outbreak of WWI at the request of the impresario Diaghilev. Stravinsky's 1947 reorchestration of the original ballet music is a real-de-force of the orchestral repertoire. And finally to bring the music up to the current day we will perform a work by the master of film music, John Williams - his Harry Potter Symphonic Suite.

This promises to be a really memorable evening of orchestral music. We shall certainly be enjoying performing all three items for you, so do book your tickets early!