British Invasion

Name: British Invasion
Start: 2025-02-15T20:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-02-15T21:00:00-05:00
Location: First Church-OKC

Schedule

Sat Feb 15 2025 at 08:00 pm to 09:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

First Church-OKC | Oklahoma City, OK

What’s Special About This Concert:
This concert features two rarely heard British composers, Ethel Smyth and Samuel Coleridge-Taylor. Ethel Smyth joined the women’s suffrage movement, composing March of the Women as an anthem for the movement. Samuel Coleridge-Taylor was referred to as the “African Mahler” because of the success he achieved, paired with his symphonic writing. Austrian composer, Franz Joseph Haydn, composed his 104th symphony, titled the “London Symphony” for a trip to the symphony’s namesake city. It can’t be the British Invasion without music from the band that started it all, The Beatles.
The Program:
ETHEL SMYTH: The Boatswain’s Mate Overture (1914) | 7 mins
SAMUEL COLERIDGE-TAYLOR: Ballade in A minor, op. 33 (1898) | 13 mins
HAYDN: Symphony No. 104 in D major, Hob I:104 “London” (1795) | 29 mins
LENNON & McCARTNEY/arr. Custer: Best of the Beatles | 5 mins
Featured Musicians:
Kaleb Benda, Music Director & Conductor
Musicians of the Oklahoma Chamber Symphony
Additional Information:
Admission is free.
Approximately 60 minutes with no intermission.
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https://www.okchambersymphony.com/concertschedule/british-invasion