www.banburysymphony.org - Banbury Symphony Orchestra - Experience The Music

Saturday 27 March, 7.30pm

St Mary’s Church, Banbury. 

• Walton Spitfire Prelude and Fugue

Walton's 'Spitfire Prelude and Fugue' was written for a film about the designer of the Spitfire fighter aircraft called The First of the Few. Walton is one of Britain's most successful composers, especially for film music, and this piece tells a fine story while at the same time being a successful concert piece in its own right.

• Elgar Nursery suite

Elgar's charming 'Nursery Suite' completes this evening with plenty of everything that makes Elgar's music so popular.

• Arnold Symphony No.4

Arnold's Symphony No.4, which features Caribbean instruments and rhythms as it was inspired by the 1958 Notting Hill race-riots. It has violent outbursts of brass and percussion and, in places, is reminiscent of Bernstein's West Side Story.

The concert programme and pictures from the performance have been added below:

Programme pages: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 & 11.

Images: (to follow soon).