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Concerto for Ten
Following our summer recess social media success
with #choralalphabet (see
news item here), our Musical Director Lee put together a
similar, though shorter, listening selection for last week’s
half-term break.
In the concert hall (at least in “normal” times) almost all of the
concerto performances that are heard are orchestra with either solo
violin, solo cello, or solo piano, but there are huge numbers of
superb concertos for all instruments. Our exploration of composers
including Corelli and Vivaldi have brought forward a huge number of
interesting works from that period, but Lee’s selection had an equal
number of composers from the past and present, and an equal number
of men and women represented, and even one which has a local
connection for us in Northampton.
The list was called #concertoforten, to cover the ten days between
the final Home Choir rehearsal with our friends at the
Wellingborough Singers (Thursday 22 October) and our rehearsal
tonight (Monday 2 November), though he did sneak a cheeky eleventh
number in to give us something to give cheer.
Concerto for Ten
Day 1 : Bluegrass Trio -
Jennifer Higdon (b.1962)
Concerto 4-3
Day 2 : Flute - Kevin Puts
(b.1972)
Flute Concerto
Day 3 : Harp - Germaine
Tailleferre (1892-1983)
Harp Concertino
Day 4 : Trombone - George Walker
(1922-2018)
Concerto for Trombone and Orchestra
Day 5 : Basset Clarinet - Elena
Kats-Chernin (b.1957)
Ornamental Air
Day 6 : Double Bass - Gavin
Bryars (b.1943)
Double Bass Concerto "Farewell to St Petersburg"
Day 7 : French Horn - Ruth Gipps
(1921-99)
Horn Concerto
Day 8 : Harmonica - Malcolm
Arnold (1921-2006)
Harmonia Concerto
Day 9 : Marimba - Libby Larsen
(b.1950)
Marimba Concerto: After Hampton
Day 10 : Viola - Toru Takemitsu
(1930-96)
A String Around Autumn
Bonus Track : Bassoon - Maxime
Goulet (b.1980)
A Bassoon Circus
Lee is putting together a new list for the Christmas break, a
selection of Christmas works which are off the beaten-track, but
should be much better known.
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