Spring Concert

6:30pm, Sun, 30 Mar 2025

Type of event:	Concert
Start time:	6:30pm
End time:	9:00pm
Venue:	St Mellitus Church Tollington Park London N4 3AG
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Ticket pricing/options:	Not yet available
Description:	Conductor: Oliver Till Leader: Tina Bowles Mozart - Sinfonia Concertante K 364 - Soloists Lucy Hewson (Violin) and Nichola Blakey (Viola) Rachmaninoff - Symphonic Dances - with artwork projections by William Lindley London Medical Orchestra's Spring concert showcases the works of two musical giants, Mozart and Rachmaninoff, composed during their time abroad and in exile. Lucy Hewson (violin) and Nichola Blakey (viola) are guest soloists in Mozart's iconic Sinfonia Concertante K 364, written when he was aged 23, during a European tour. The second half of our concert features Rachmaninoff's Symphonic Dances, his final masterpiece, composed in the USA after he fled Europe in 1939. Nostalgia permeates the work, with the composer referencing his own earlier works in poignant ways. The second movement, a distorted and grotesque waltz, builds relentlessly before evaporating into thin air, and the Finale, a chase sequence writ large, unfolds on a grand scale, building towards a symbolic victory of life over death. Following our successful collaboration in 2022 (The Firebird), we have commissioned artwork projections from William Lindley for Rachmaninoff's Symphonic Dances