Concerto for Ten

2 November 2020

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.