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NEXT CONCERT: Sunday 30th March 2025
 

Concert at 6 pm in Lavenham Church, Lavenham

Sudbury goes to the Americas with Jill Morton as our piano soloist

 

Copland:  Buckaroo Holiday from Rodeo and Billy the Kid Ballet Suite 

Interval

Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
Marquez: Danzon no. 2  

Concert Details

Our spring 2025 concert will be in Lavenham Church - we need a large venue for both a grand piano and a full percussion section.  This concert will have some serious pizzazz from both north and south America.  Cowboy hats and seriously checked shirts very welcome or maybe tutus and ballet shoes.  Our soloist for the evening is Jill Morton so this will be a concert of great musicality and great tunes.  

Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue:  From its opening with a flamboyant jazz style clarinet solo through its exciting piano solos and syncopated rhythms this is a work that has wowwed audiences from its very first performance.  Lots of percussion and brass only increase the exhilaration of this work.  The opening is out of this world, listen to it here.  

Copland Billy the Kid Ballet Suite:  This is the first of Copland's three ballets that he composed.  It tells the story of Billy the Kid from the opening wide open prairie sound, to the scenes from his life, the gun battle and his capture and then his death, finally returning to the opening wide open prairie sound.  The work is a real work-out for the large percussion section (3 players needed, thats large) and includes insturments we have neve before had in a concert performance.  Its a great sound and Lavenham Church will make it even better.  

Copland Buckaroo Holiday:  This is from Copland's ballet Rodeo and its the first of four standalone movements.  It sounds like the music from everyone's favourite Western - full of energy and great dance rhythms with sudden changes of mood as another character comes on scene.  Copland composed music for a number of films and influenced many many others and his style became the quintessential American sound.  Not sure - listen to the LA Phil performing it here. 

Marquez Danzon No 2:  Probaby the most famous work by this Mexican composer and a real concert favourite.  If you have not heard the 2007 Proms recording of this work, check it out, you just cannot help but respond to its sensuous and exciting rhythms.  We might not have 100+ in the orchestra but we will be just as enthusiastic.  This will be a fantastic way to end the concert.    

Tickets

Tickets for this concert  will be available mid- February onwards from TicketSource, in person from the Tourist Office in Sudbury (in the Town Hall), Peddars in Sudbury (lovely gentlemen's outfitters) and the Guildhall in lavenham.  Tickets are just £18 for adults (including complimentary concert programme) and £2 for children aged 16 and under.  Tickets will also be available on the door.  Or click here to email us and reserve your ticket.   

Reserve your Seat

Friends of the orchestra can reserve their seats in advance once they have purchased a ticket.  If you are not already a Friend, you can easily become one by clicking here. For just £25 a year you are entitled to reserve seats at each concert given by the Orchestra and you will be invited to our summer post concert party.