“The best laid plans of mice and men often go awry”, wrote Scottish poet Robert Burns. And so it was. A delightful smorgasbord of music, drawn from a variety of composers and nationalities had been arranged for our sessions this last month until the corona virus raised its head again, forcing us into lockdown and the cancellation of the second of our sessions. Still, “half a loaf is better than none” and we managed one of our planned programmes - a little Beethoven as a prelude to Mendelssohn’s much loved Italian Symphony, rounded off with a Bernstein nocturne and a divertimento by Brahms.
The planned programme for the second May session (a sinfonia by Handel, a festive piece for organ and brass by Louis Vierne, followed by a Schumann cello concerto, a children’s story illustrating instruments of the orchestra from the pen of Prokofiev, with a motet by Charpentier to conclude) has been held over until we can gather again (hopefully in June). If this is your kind of music, why not come along and enjoy.
Bill Squire
Class Notes: 14th May - Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Bernstein, Brahms.
The planned programme for the second May session (a sinfonia by Handel, a festive piece for organ and brass by Louis Vierne, followed by a Schumann cello concerto, a children’s story illustrating instruments of the orchestra from the pen of Prokofiev, with a motet by Charpentier to conclude) has been held over until we can gather again (hopefully in June). If this is your kind of music, why not come along and enjoy.
Bill Squire
Class Notes: 14th May - Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Bernstein, Brahms.
