Paul Barritt directs the Hertfordshire Chamber Orchestra

Just along from the Monument - a memorial to the Great Fire of London in 1666 - the lovely City church of St Mary-at-Hill is an ideal venue for an orchestral concert. On this day we are performing:

Rossini: Overture to L'Italiana in Algeri

Sally Beamish: The Day Dawn - for strings

Gounod: Petite Symphonie - for wind

Finzi: Introit for small orchestra and solo violin Op.6 rev. 1942

Mozart: Symphony No. 39 in E flat K543

--- Paul Barritt directs the from the concert master's seat.

Come and enjoy and share a glass of wine with us afterwards.

PAUL BARRITT (violin) has been leader of the Royal Northern Sinfonia, the English Chamber Orchestra (E CO) and until recently, the Hallé, having performed with this orchestra for the past 20 years. His numerous recordings for violin and piano include the complete violin sonatas of Howells, Ireland, Stanford and Schoeck as well as the salon pieces of Albert Sammons (‘The English Kreisler’) and violin works of Rheinberger. During the 2005-6 season he recorded the complete Beethoven violin and piano music with James Lisney. With the ECO he performed Bach’s Double Concerto with Igor Oistrakh at the Barbican and with Maxim Vengerov at the Proms. With the Hallé Orchestra he gave performances of Beethoven Triple Concerto and Vaughan Williams’ Lark Ascending.

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