Stockport Symphony Orchestra: The English One
Event Information
Date and time
Saturday 27 February 2027, 7:30pm to 9:45pm
Location
Stockport Town Hall, Edward Street, Stockport, SK1 3XE
Submitted by
Stockport Symphony Orchestra
About this event
Moeran: Lonely Waters
Bax: The Happy Forest
Elgar: Symphony No 2
The Moeran and the Bax may be unfamilar but, trust us on this, they are both delightful pieces in the English tradition and deserve much more frequent outings.
Ernest Moeran is a late addition to the raft of English composers heavily influenced by folk song. Based on folk songs, Lonely Waters is a gentle and nostalgic orchestral rhapsody in the tradition of Delius and Vaughan Williams.
Bax is more familiar territory and The Happy Forest is a piece of bucolic imagery with light and dance-like rhythms, and a middle section where Bax shows his romantic side.
And, of course, what concert of English music would be complete without Elgar? His second symphony is number 36 in Classic FM's Classical Music Recordings You Must Own. A Larghetto which is one of the great Romantic slow movements, is one to listen for in a symphony Elgar called the 'passionate pilgrimage of the soul'.
Conductor: Robin Wallington
Event and booking details
Cost:
£16 adults; £14 concessions; £5 full-time students under 21; under-16s free when accompanied by an adult
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