For our usual February visit to the APEX in Bury St. Edmunds, we have chosen to perform three works which are based around strong female characters. As the days get longer and spring is just round the corner, we hope this music will transport you to sunnier climes with Rimsky-Korsakov's symphonic showpiece being based upon the tales of the Arabian Nights and with two suites of Spanish music taken from Bizet’s most popular work, his opera Carmen, written shortly before his premature death in 1875.