Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra’s On Your Doorstep
These concerts bring specially designed mid-scale chamber ensembles to audiences across the region, in engaging programmes for new audiences and seasoned concert-goers alike. Full of drama and exuberance, a wind ensemble plays extracts from Mozart’s Don Giovanni, including the Overture, music full of the vitality and virility of the Don himself.
The beauty of wind instruments and the virtuosity of the players are showcased with
- Octets by Gipps and Beethoven; a charming quintet by Zemlinsky and
- Debussy’s Syrinx exhibits the beauty of solo flute.
- Ibert’s Trois Pièces brèves interweaves flute and clarinet lines to a delicate effect.
There is a freshness and elegance to the melodies throughout these three short pieces.
Florence Price originally wrote Adoration for an organ church performance, but this arrangement sees the piece in a new light, performed by the wind players. Price’s unique style is on display, as she weaves African American spiritual melodies with European classical tradition.
Works & Composers:
Mozart: Don Giovanni: Overture
Dvořák: Slavonic Dances Op.46 No.8
Debussy: Syrinx
Gipps: Wind Octet Op.65
Zemlinsky: Humoreske: Rondo
Ibert: Three Short Pieces for Wind Instruments
Beethoven: Octet Op.103
Running time: 90mins + interval
