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Our brand new orchestra for 2023!
Discover talented young Lower School and Middle School performers from Chetham’s School of Music, the UK’s leading music school.
See Chetham’s Philharmonic Orchestra perform in concert, with a programme of exhilarating music including The Can Can and Short Ride in A Fast Machine. This concert will also include performances by Chetham’s Sinfonia, Violetta and Saxophone Choir.
Programme
SAXOPHONE CHOIR
Vivaldi – Concerto Grosso in D minor op3. No. 11
Holst – Jupiter from “The Planets”
VIOLETTA
Copland – Hoe Down
ADELE Adkins and Paul Epworth – Skyfall arr. Larry Moore (Theme from the 2012 James Bond Film, ‘Skyfall’)
WIND BAND
Charles Ives – Country Band March
John Williams – Highlights from ‘Star Wars’
INTERVAL
CHETHAM’S PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
Saint-Saëns – Piano Concerto No. 2
1. Andante Sostenuto
Soloist- Alex Crawford
CHETHAM’S SINFONIA
John Adams – Short Ride in a Fast Machine
Jacques Offenbach – Can Can arr. Richard Meyer
CHETHAM’S PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
TCHAIKOVSKY – The Nutcracker
ii. March
vi. Danse chinoise
vii. Danse des mirlitons
ix. Pas De Deux
Walton – Orb & Sceptor
