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Chamber Orchestra Anglia - Norwich 12 Series 2011/12

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  • Norwich 12 & SHAPING 24
    • The H Factor 2011

 

Chamber Orchestra Anglia, in partnership with Norwich Heritage, Economic and Regeneration Trust (HEART), are celebrating their 10th anniversary with a monthly series of concerts at the Norwich 12 buildings.

 

Next Event: City Hall - Grandiose and Imperial Marches

Tuesday 25th May 2012, 7.30pm

The 7th concert in the Chamber Orchestra Anglia Norwich 12 Series, in association with Norwich HEART, takes place at City Hall.

The Chamber Orchestra Anglia wind sextet will perform works from Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven.

More details on the programme and exclusive tours of the venue will be released closer to the date. 

Tickets cost £15 and are available from Norwich Theatre Royal box office by telephone on 01603 630000, or head to www.chamberorchestraanglia.co.uk

 

Upcoming Events

The music played at each venue throughout the year long celebration will differ, making each of the 12 concerts a unique celebration of Norwich's heritage and music.

Details of the remaining concerts can be found right here as soon as they are announced, so make sure you bookmark this page, or follow us on Twitter (@norwichHEART), so you don't miss out.

St John's Roman Catholic Cathedral - 22nd June, concert 7.30pm

Norwich Cathedral - 20th July, details TBA

Norwich Castle - 18th August, details TBA. Celebrating paintings by the Norwich School of Art

Great Hospital - 9th Sept, concert for residents 3pm, tour 6pm and eve concert 7pm

Dragon Hall - 11th October, concert 7.30pm

 

Previous Events

The Forum was the first to host a Norwich 12 series concert on November 6th 2011, as the Norwich landmark celebrated its own 10th anniversary. 

The Chamber treated The Forum crowd to Stravinsky's The Soldier's Tale, which was written and first performed in 1918. This Faustian story focuses on a young soldier who gives his fiddle to the Devil in return for riches and luxury and then battles to regain control of his life. Nigel Rees, presenter of BBC Radio Four's Quote, Unquote, took the role of narrator, and the evening was compered by BBC Radio Three presenter Christopher Cook.

December saw the Chamber Orchestra play in the Atrium of the stunning Marble Hall, the historic home of Aviva (Norwich Union).

Dubbed 'An Italian Serenade' in celebration of the Italian marble used in the construction of the heritage site, the programme featured a range of Italian music, including:

Boccherini - String Quartet in C major (Op. 28 No.4), Puccini - Crisantemi (Op. 70), Wolf - Italian Serenade in G major, Tchaikovsky - Souvenir de Florence (Op. 70).

The first Norwich 12 series concert of 2012 took place at the home of Norwich HEART, The Guildhall. 

This unique event saw the music of Elgar, Martinu, and the monumental but rarely performed Kodály Duo for Violin and Cello, accompanied by archive film from Norwich HEART's Digital Heritage Project, bringing the UEA's East Anglian Film Archive alive.

The films, from the early decades of the last century, included a tram ride through Norwich streets in 1902, a visit by royalty, a post-war funeral of a Norfolk heroine and an interesting look at some of the city's fashions in the 1920s.

The fourth concert in the series was held at St Andrew's Hall, and saw special guest Griff Rhys Jones sing excerpts from Gilbert & Sullivan's The Mikado. The Orchestra performed  a comic theatre symphony from Haydn, and a piece from Poulenc, narrated by Griff Rhys Jones.

On March 2nd, the Norwich 12 Series saw Chamber Orchestra Anglia bring a lunchtime concert and masterclass to Norwich's Georgian Assembly House. Music included Beethoven's Septet in E-flat Major and Strauss' Till Eulenspiegel.

St James Mill hosted the sixth concert in the series in April, which saw the orchestra perform pieces from Elgar, Tippett and Britten. Attendees were also treated to a tour of the Mill, which is a working building and therefore usually inaccessable, as well as the John Jarrold Print Museum.

 

About Chamber Orchestra Anglia

Chamber Orchestra Anglia's key aims are to forge new links and relationships with other art forms and scientific disciplines and present inspiring and accessible classical concerts. The orchestra's artistic director and principal conductor, Sharon Andrea Choa is Director of Music at UEA and conductor of the UEA Symphony Orchestra. The leader of the orchestra is Simon Smith, an outstanding violinist who has performed extensively as a soloist with the Philharmonic Orchestra, the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and the Academy of St Martin in the Fields.

 

Supported by HM Treasury's Invest to Save Budget