March 2024
Spring Concert 2024 – Featuring Bruch’s Violin Concerto No.1
A Spring Concert with the Cornwall Concert Orchestra We are deilghted to welcome back Madeleine Pickering to perform Bruch's Violin Concerto No.1 with us. Madeleine previously played the Mendelssohn Concerto in E Minor with us in June 2022, which was a hugely popular success. Whether you saw her or not, do make every effort to come and see her play. Madeleine studied at the Royal Academy of Music with Maureen Smith, Tasmin Little and Michael Foyle (violin), Garfield Jackson and…
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Winter Family Concert 2023
Annual family concert Our family-friendly concerts are not to be missed – and this one was no exception, with virtually a full house. These concerts provide the perfect introduction to classical music for budding young musicians, guiding them through all the sounds and emotions the orchestra can produce. Audience participation was the order of the day – as usual. We had an introduction to the orchestra sections, singing in the round, experimenting with loudness and quietness, and of course the…
Find out more »July 2023
Rolla Basset Horn Concerto
Venue : All Saints Church, 120 Killigrew Street, Falmouth, TR11 3PX A Summer Concert with the Cornwall Concert Orchestra Programme includes works by Verdi, Rolla, Massenet & Dvorak Programme: La Forza del Destiny by Giuseppe Verdi Concerto for Basset horn by Alessandro Rolla Selected movements from Le Cid Ballet Suite by Jules Massenet Symphony No 8 Antonin Dvorak Conductor and Basset Horn soloist - Chris Morgan Tickets in advance : Adults : £10.00 Under16s : £2.00 Under5s : Free - but please…
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Weber Clarinet Concerto no. 2 with James Gilbert
We are thrilled to be joined by soloist James Gilbert for the Weber Clarinet Concerto no. 2 in E flat major. James is currently an ABRSM scholar at the Royal Academy of Music, and has appeared as a soloist performing Finzi's Clarinet Concerto with John Wilson and the Academy Symphony Orchestra. He has also appeared as Guest Principal with the London Symphony Orchestra, Royal Northern Sinfonia and Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Carl Weber's Clarinet Concerto no. 2 was written in 1811. This playful concerto…
Find out more »November 2022
Winter Family Concert
Join us for our annual family concert! This brilliant afternoon of music will see a full symphony orchestra playing a range of fun and festive pieces. Ranging from the classic tunes of The Nutcracker Ballet, Brahms' Tragic Overture and Dvorak's 8th Symphony, all the way through to modern favourites from Harry Potter, Gabriel's Oboe and The Jungle Book, there will be something for everyone. Our family friendly concerts are not to be missed - the perfect introduction to classical music…
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