With a free pre-concert talk by Paul Harris at 6.30pm
Frederick Delius
On hearing the first cuckoo in spring
Summer night on the river
Gustav Holst
Country Song
Marching Song
Malcolm Arnold
Clarinet Concerto No. 2, Op. 115
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Symphony No. 5 in D major
Guest conductor: Ian Smith
Soloist: Paul Harris, clarinet
Delius’ On hearing the first cuckoo in spring will begin a delightful programme of works by English composers in Bedford Sinfonia’s concert on 3 May 2025. It will be followed by two orchestral songs by Holst, Country Song and Marching Song, which will then lead to the Arnold Clarinet Concerto No. 2 played by Paul Harris, an enthusiastic champion of Arnold’s music and author of the composer’s biography. Paul will also give a pre-concert talk at 6.30pm about the composer and the concerto. The programme will conclude with the warm and melodically extravagant Vaughan Williams Symphony No. 5.
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