2025

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The next Hertfordshire Chamber Orchestra concerts:

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Mandelssohn Overture Die schöne Melusine

Mahler Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen

Beethoven Symphony no.8

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​​​​​Alex Fryer conductor

Annabel Kennedy mezzo-soprano

Alexander Casson leader

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Saturday 12 April 2025 7.30pm

St Peter's Church

St Peter's Street, St Albans, AL1 3HG

Tickets: £20 (under 16s free) card or cash on the door, or in advance from: Rennie Grove Peace Care St Albans (details to follow)

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Sunday 13 April 2025 6.30pm

St Mary-at-Hill Church

Lovat Lane, London EC3R 8EE

Tickets: £20 (under 16s free) card or cash on the door, or in advance via this link: bit.ly/4hMdFpB

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Alex Fryer conducts great composers from German-speaking lands provide this programme spanning the 19th century. Mendelssohn depicts the mermaid Melusine in the 1834 overture dedicated to his sister Fanny, and Mahler a journeyman overcoming romantic disappointment in 'Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen' at the century's end, sung by outstanding young mezzo-soprano Annabel Kennedy. We then go back to 1812 for the joyous Eighth Symphony which Beethoven quipped was less popular than his Seventh 'because it is so much better'.

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