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Family Concert: The Elements

Saturday 13 June 2026 4.00 pm
Princes Hall, Aldershot, GU11 1NX – Venue Information

Guest Conductor: Lucia Švecová

FIRE
Stravinsky: Firebird Suite (1919 version)

AIR
Kurtag: Aus der Ferne V
Hisaishi: Path of the Wind (from My Neighbour Totoro)

WATER
Children’s Project
Smetana: Vltava

EARTH
Grieg: In the Hall of the Mountain King (from Peer Gynt)
Holst: Jupiter (from The Planets)

We are delighted to announce the return of our popular Family Concert!

With an exciting programme based around the classical elements of nature (fire, air, water and earth) and including a piece composed by local youngsters, this promises to be an afternoon of scintillating music to spark your imagination. Let us take you on a journey through rivers, Russian fairy tales and other worlds and cultures. Will you capture the Firebird and escape the forbidding kingdom of a mountain troll?

Bring your families and let the music take you on a thrilling voyage of discovery.

PLEASE NOTE THE EARLY START TIME

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