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     2007 Concerts

Orchestra members and guests raise a toast to the CSO
at a centenary celebration costume party at County Hall

REVIEW - Robert Long
THE OBSERVER
"Musical centenary concert applauded"

The special programme, conducted by Ralph  Willatt and led by Ted Richards and which  included three soloists in three concerto items, was played to an overflowing audience.

The Orchestra opened the concert with a solid performance of Nicolai's Overture, "The Merry Wives of Windsor".  Patrick Moore,  astronomer and musician, then Vice-president of the Orchestra, made a guest  appearance and  played his own composition "Free Fall" for Xylophone and Orchestra.

In the first half of the programme, Alan Thurlow,  who was then President of the Orchestra and Cathedral Organist,  played Rheinberger's Concerto for Organ in G minor, a richly scored work and a well integrated performance of considerable merit and accomplishment.

Jeremy Smith who at  sixteen years was one of the youngest members of the Orchestra, played Mozart's Oboe Concerto with sparkle and imagination and considerable attention to detail and nuance.
In the second half of the Concert, the Orchestra showed their prowess with a lively account of Britten's superbly orchestrated recomposed gems from Rossini's Soirees Musicales. The Concert concluded appropriately with Elgar's beloved Bavarian Dances.
 

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