"Reach for the Sky"
(Heavenly bodies and Celtic Mystics)
Saturday 19th November 2011 8.00pm, St James Concert Hall
Guest Leader: Roger Coull
Guest Conductor: Ewa Strusińska
Guest Soloist: Janine Mallett (Tuba)
Programme:
William Mathias - Celtic Dances, Op. 60
Ralph Vaughan Williams - Tuba Concerto in F minor
Gustav Holst - The Planets Suite, Op. 32
For the third concert of The 2011 Credit Suisse Series, The Guernsey Symphony Orchestra presents "Reach for the Sky" (Heavenly bodies and Celtic Mystics).
Janine Mallett
Making her debut appearance with the orchestra to perform the Tuba Concerto in F minor by Vaughan Williams, we are delighted to welcome local musician Janine Mallett. After building her musical roots on her home island, Janine accepted an unconditional offer to study tuba at the Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM) in 2007 returning to Guernsey with a BMUS (Hons) and QTS. Janine's tuba playing has taken her across to America where she took part in the International Tuba Euphonium Conference in June 2010. She is a member of many different ensembles including the Chubazz Quartet and the RNCM Alumni ensemble.
Ewa Strusińska
We are delighted to welcome back international Polish conductor Ewa Strusińska who conducted the Guernsey Symphony Orchestra in July 2011. Ewa Strusińska has conducted a range of orchestras including the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, National Polish Radio Orchestra, Czestochowa Philharmonic Orchestra, Rzeszów Philharmonic Orchestra, Koszalin Philharmonic Orchestra, Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra. Ewa Strusińska was born in Poland and studied at the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw. In 2009 she was given the title "Ambassador of Stalowa Wola", an honour made by her home city in recognition of an individual's personal achievements in Poland and abroad.
To complete the concert we ask the audience to embark on a musical voyage of discovery to the furthest reaches of our Solar system. The Planets is a seven-movement suite by the English composer Gustav Holst, written between 1914 and 1916. This evocative suite is brilliantly scored for large orchestra and female chorus and plots an astrological voyage from Mars; The bringer of War, to Neptune; The Mystic. (Featuring Bel Canto Choir).
Tickets available from St. James at: £15, £12.50 £10.00 Students half price and £6.00 restricted view
A note from our sponsors:
"Credit Suisse is delighted that the trustees of the GSO have devised another excellent programme for the 2011 Series which is the 19th consecutive year of our sponsorship."
Roy McGregor, Country Head of Credit Suisse in Guernsey.
