Concerts

June Concert - 2012/13 Season

Saturday 15 June, 19:45
Adults: £12.00
Students: £6.00
Princes Hall, Aldershot, GU11 1NX - Venue Map

Soloist : Alexandra Wood (Violin)

Lutoslawski : Little Suite
Tchaikovsky : Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35
Prokofiev : Suite from Lieutenant Kije
Britten : Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes, Op.33a

With the final concert of the season we return to the theme of commemoration as we celebrate two special 100^th birthdays: those of Lutoslawski and Britten. Some of their greatest music features in the programme, together with Prokofiev’s Lieutenant Kijé, which will demonstrate the virtuoso skills of our players. It is also thrilling to welcome for the first time the young, multiple prize-winning violinist, Alexandra Wood, who will be our soloist for the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto.

November Concert - 2013/14 Season

Saturday 16 November, 19:45
Adults: £12.00
Students: £6.00
Princes Hall, Aldershot, GU11 1NX - Venue Map

Soloist: Ruth Kerr (Soprano)

Verdi : Overture 'Nabucco'
Verdi : Aida aria 'Ritorna Vincitor'
Verdi : Otello - Ballet
Wagner : Tristan und Isolde - Prelude and Liebestod
Shostakovich : Symphony No. 12 in D Minor 'The Year of 1917', Op. 112

Our opening concert of the 2013-14 season starts by marking the 200^th birthday of two of the world’s greatest (and contrasting) operatic composers: Verdi and Wagner. Our soloist, Ruth Kerr, is currently performing the title role in Verdi’s Aida for Kentish Opera; her performance is certain to be special. There have also been many requests for another Shostakovich symphony and the twelfth is a much greater work than many believe. Like the fifth, the composer’s cleverly disguised political views are in evidence. The end of the finale is a public celebration in which Shostakovich secretly parades Stalin’s initials in the music (of course using Cyrillic ‘S’ or ‘C’ natural) and then destroys him with D major (‘D’ for Dimitri). The opportunity to hear this rarely performed symphony is truly irresistible!

January Concert - 2013/14 Season

Saturday 18 January, 19:45
Adults: £12.00
Students: £6.00
Camberley Theatre, Camberley, GU15 3SY - Venue Map

Soloist : Melina Mandozzi (Violin)

Mendelssohn : Overture 'The Hebrides' Op. 26
Sibelius : Violin Concerto Op. 47
Dvorak : Symphony No. 5 Op. 76

Our January programme features again the wonderful Swiss-Italian soloist, Melina Mandozzi, who last performed with the FSO in 2009 and who leads Andrew Litton’s orchestra in Bergen. Having studied for some time alongside Maxim Vengerov, both their styles have clearly influenced each other. Her rendering of Sibelius' darkly passionate violin concerto is a prospect to be relished.

March Concert - 2013/14 Season - Matinee Performance

Saturday 22 March, 15:00
Adults: £12.00
Students: £6.00
Farnham Maltings, Farnham, GU9 7QR - Venue Map

Charlie Chaplin : The Circus

Our last silent film performances (in 2012) were a complete sell-out and provoked an immediate demand for another one! Charlie Chaplin was the genius of this genre. For The Circus, he wrote his own plot and script, directed the film, played the leading role, sang the opening title (which we will use just for the opening credits), played the cello (left-handed!) at the end, and composed all his own music. The film combines great slapstick comedy with sentimental moments which sound like Puccini and is a treat not to be missed.

Please note that this is the MATINEE PERFORMANCE.

March Concert - 2013/14 Season - Evening Performance

Saturday 22 March, 19:45
Adults: £12.00
Students: £6.00
Farnham Maltings, Farnham, GU9 7QR - Venue Map

Charlie Chaplin : The Circus

Our last silent film performances (in 2012) were a complete sell-out and provoked an immediate demand for another one! Charlie Chaplin was the genius of this genre. For The Circus, he wrote his own plot and script, directed the film, played the leading role, sang the opening title (which we will use just for the opening credits), played the cello (left-handed!) at the end, and composed all his own music. The film combines great slapstick comedy with sentimental moments which sound like Puccini and is a treat not to be missed.

Please note that this is the EVENING PERFORMANCE.

June Concert - 2013/14 Season

Saturday 14 June, 19:45
Adults: £12.00
Students: £6.00
Princes Hall, Aldershot, GU11 1NX - Venue Map

Chabrier : España
Strauss : Till Eulenspiegels Lustige Streiche, Op.28
Holst : 'The Planets', Op.32

The June extravaganza is almost a ‘Concerto for Orchestra’ concert of works for very large orchestra. Coincidentally all the items celebrate key anniversaries: Chabrier (120 years since his death), Strauss (160^th birthday) and Holst (140^th birthday). The Planets is scored on an expansive scale and was premiered at Queen's Hall by Holst's friend, Adrian Boult, on the 29th September 1918. Holst's use of orchestration is very imaginative and colourful and its novel sonorities helped make the work an immediate success with audiences at home and abroad. For this work we are delighted to welcome back Roy Rashbrook with a ladies choir drawn from Hart Voices and the Chantry Singers. The hidden female voices bring The Planets to an end from an adjoining room, where the door should slowly close bringing a serene silence to the auditorium and a mysterious end to the FSO's 92nd season.