Join 12 string players from the BSO with Assistant Conductor, Enyi Okpara, in a colourful programme including lullabies, a starburst, film music and folk melodies. The concert will be presented by the conductor to reveal connections between 20th and 21st century music and composers from the UK, Czechia, the USA and Ukraine for an audience of all ages.
Please note: The date of this event has recently been changed from 8th March 2025 to 30th April 2025.
Repertoire includes:
Jenkins – Palladio,
Nielsen – Little Suite for Strings Op. 1,
Gershwin – Lullaby
Bartok – Romanian Folk Dances
Montgomery – Starburst
Coleridge Taylorn – Novelletten 1
Ethel Smyth – Suite for Strings, Allegro
Skyork – Ukrainian Melody
Holst – St Paul’s Suite