Beauty and cruelty in nature. Tuneful birds and deadly spiders. Soloist Eleanor Turner weaves a charming web in Patterson’s concerto for harp and strings. Respighi brings baroque imitations of bird song to today’s chamber orchestra and Roussel’s ballet music gives insects very human emotions with a surprising twist (spoiler alert). Mozart of course transcends all these earthly concerns.
- Kew Sinfonia – 5th October 2019 at 7.30pm
- Tom Evans (leader)
- James Day (conductor)
- Eleanor Turner (harp)
- Symphony No 35 in D, ‘Haffner’ K 385 – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Spider’s Web, for harp and string orchestra – Paul Patterson
- The Birds (Gli uccelli) – Ottorino Respighi
- The Spider’s Banquet, ‘Festin de l’Araignée’ Op 17 – Albert Roussel
Tickets on line: kewsinfonia.org.uk
£15. students £6
