Symfonieorkest Vlaanderen / Duncan Ward – Comfort and Memory: The Lark Ascending and Dvorak 8

Philharmonic Orchestra of Flanders conducted by Duncan Ward with violinist Alexandra Soumm in music by Butterworth, Vaughan Williams, Mozart and Dvořák. A reflective programme around remembrance and comfort, from hushed sounds to warm and expressive orchestral music. November invites reflection. With All Saints' Day and Armistice Day we pause to remember the past: what was, and what should never have happened. This month calls for personal, cultural contemplation - and you feel that in this programme, in which Philharmonic Orchestra of Flanders under the baton of Duncan Ward, with soloist Alexandra Soumm, allows each composer to tell his own story and history. Vaughan Williams, marked by the horrors of the First World War, remembers better times with longing. In his music he seeks a way out of the madness of war through stillness, tenderness and poetry, in a typically English pastoral sound world. Mozart and Dvořák, on the other hand, burst with joie de vivre and happy memories of home. Mozart in typical Viennese fashion, Dvořák with a warm nod to his Bohemian roots. Come find comfort and remembrance in this moving music. Programme: George Butterworth (1885-1916) Overture from 'A Shropshire Lad: Rhapsody for Orchestra' 10'30 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Concerto for violin and orchestra no. 5 in A, KV219 'Turkish' 30' Allegro aperto - Adagio - Allegro aperto Adagio Rondeau: Tempo di Menuetto - Allegro - Tempo di Menuetto Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) The Lark Ascending 15' Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904) Symphony no. 8 in G, opus 88 37' Allegro Adagio Scherzo Allegro ma non troppo