Didcot Concert Orchestra
22 22 people viewed this event.
Tchaikovsky’s immortal Nutcracker ballet brims with memorable melodies, and some of the best are assembled in this famous suite. Henry Kimball Hadley was an American composer and conductor – his gift for depictive orchestration is evident throughout his superb symphonic poem Ocean – calm and tumultuous moods being brilliantly described.
Dvorak uses the orchestra to take us on a journey through a day in the life of a naughty child visited by the evil Noon Witch. Josef Suk, husband of Dvorak’s daughter Otilie, writes about his home city in this personal, atmospheric and ultimately triumphant symphonic poem.
