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sinfonia ViVA in Lincoln

Wednesday 4th Nov 2009 at 7.30pm
Lincoln Drill Hall
Tickets: £12 (£10 concessions / £7 students) & accompanied under 16s free
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sinfonia ViVA directed by Leader Benedict Holland brings a superb programme of string music for this much-anticipated return visit to Lincoln Drill Hall.

The concert opens with No.3 of the six delightful string sonatas Rossini composed before he even reached his teens - typically bright, energetic and humorous. On to Schubert's 1816 composition, the Rondo in A major for Violin and Strings - a magnificent, bright work which fully invokes the virtuosity of players. The warm mood continues with two pieces by Finzi, a composer with a marked affinity for poetry and the English countryside - firstly the Prelude in F minor, Op.25, followed by his lyrical Romance for String Orchestra. The Strauss opera Capriccio (his final operatic composition) opened with a prelude in the form of a string sextet, heard offstage, the musicians rehearsing a piece. Today we get to hear that music centre stage! Holst's Brook Green Suite (possibly named for the location of his marriage) was composed as a gift to the pupils of St Pauls School, London where he had taught. Dated 1933 (he died in May of the following year) Holst was hospitalised while composing it, but lived to see it performed at the school. Next to a composition by the sixteen year old Mozart - the highly regarded Divertimento in F for String Ensemble K138, composed in 1772. And finally, to Dvorak's Nocturne in B Major, Op.40 which had a somewhat complex genesis, originally being intended as part of another work before finding a life of its own.

Always well received by audiences at Lincoln, this is a programme of great beauty to warm the heart of any music lover!

Supported by Lincoln Drill Hall, Lincoln City Council, Orchestras Live and Arts Council England