SASO opens its 2024-25 season at St Paul's Church, Blandford Road, St Albans AL1 4JP.
Doors will open at 6:50 p.m. for a 7:30 p.m. start on Saturday 12th October.
Refreshments will be available in the interval, between the concerto and the symphony.
We will play -
• Ida Moberg's Sunrise from her Sunrise Orchestral Suite;
• Alexander Arutiunian's Trumpet Concerto, with soloist Shannon Harper;
• Jean Sibelius’s glorious and ever-popular Symphony No.2.
Ticket prices are: £18 (nave), £13 (aisle), £5 students, £2 accompanied child. Tickets will be on sale from www.ticketsource.co.uk, or via saso.org.uk/events/ october-2024-concert. Tickets may be bought ‘on the door’ and may be reserved by emailing tickets@saso.org.uk or calling 07753 742543.
Ida Georgina Moberg, a Finnish composer and conductor wrote her Sunrise Suite for Orchestra in 1909. This first movement clearly celebrates the dawn of a new day.
Alexander Arutiunian’s Trumpet Concerto is a virtuoso showpiece, composed in 1949-1950. It was quickly assimilated into the trumpet repertoire worldwide, earning high international praise from audiences, critics and performers.
Jean Sibelius’s Symphony No.2 is the most popular and most frequently recorded of his symphonies. The opening chords with their rising progression provide a motif for the whole work. During a period of Russian oppression, it consolidated Sibelius's reputation as a national hero.
For further information about the concert or the orchestra, or to request joining the mailing list, please email publicity@saso.org.uk.
