OPENING CONCERT OF THE FESTIVAL
WILLIAM WALTON Portsmouth Point, overture
ARTHUR SULLIVAN Pineapple Poll, suite
DOREEN CARWITHEN Men of Sherwood Forest, overture
LEOŠ JANÁČEK Sinfonietta
EDWARD ELGAR Enigma, variations on a theme of his own
Music of the Castle Guard and the Police of the Czech Republic
BBC Concert Orchestra
conductor Anna Maria Helsing
The BBC Concert Orchestra is one of the ensembles operating under the BBC umbrella. Sir Charles Mackerras held the post of Principal Conductor of this ensemble for several years early in his conducting career. The concert programme reflects Mackerras’ burden on British music and his love of Janáček, whose Sinfonietta will be performed in collaboration with the Castle Guard Music and the Police.
The orchestra will perform under the baton of its chief conductor Anna-Maria Helsing, an internationally respected Finnish conductor who is also the Designated Principal Conductor of the Vaasa Orchestra in Vaasa, Finland, served as Chief Conductor of the Oulu Symphony Orchestra from 2010-2013 and is Artistic Director of the prestigious Rusk Chamber Music Festival in Jakobstad, Finland.
The concert promises to be a great event. Czech Radio Vltava has expressed interest in its live broadcast.
The concert cannot be included in the “Create the festival” subscription.
