Thursday 16 October 2008
Merton College Chapel, 8pm
wagner Siegfried Idyll
weber Clarinet Concerto No. 2 in E flat major, J. 118
robert saxton Music to Celebrate the Resurrection
mendelssohn Symphony No. 4 in A major, Op. 90, ‘Italian’
Mark Simpson clarinet
John Traill conductor
John Traill
The Oxford 2008/09 Season opens with an intriguing life-celebrating programme.
Wagner’s birthday gift to Cosima and the young Mendelssohn’s impressions of Italy frame Robert Saxton’s take on the Resurrection and an exuberant Clarinet Concerto by the twenty-five
year old Weber. The soloist is the brilliant young clarinettist Mark Simpson,
winner of the 2006 BBC Young Musician of the Year and currently reading music
at Oxford.
Tickets £30 £20 £10
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