Saturday 14 March, 7.30pm, St Albans High School for Girls, Townsend Avenue AL1 3SJ
De Falla, Three-Cornered Hat (Suite No.2)
Damase, Flute Concerto with soloist, Hattie Jolly
Rachmaninov, Symphony No. 2 (1908)
A rare chance to hear the sublime Flute Concerto by Jean-Michel Damase (1928–2013). We are delighted this will be performed by our Principal Flautist, Hattie Jolly, who knew the composer. This is accompanied by highlights from De Falla’s uncompromising score for the 1919 ballet, El sombrero de tres picos — for which Picasso designed the costumes. We finish with Rachmaninov’s Symphony No. 2. The heart-point of the score is a 4-5 second silence in the slow movement which is followed by one of the great orchestral solos for french horn.