Last evening, I went to a Gala Concert in Oxford Town Hall to listen to the Oxfordshire County Youth Orchestra conducted by Dr. John Traill. It was a wonderful musical evening and the programme ranged through Romeo and Juliet (Prokofiev), Danse Macabre (Saint-Saens), Adagio from Spartacus (Khachaturian) Salome's Dance (Strauss), Good Friday Music from Parsifal (Wagner), Polovtsien Dances (Borodin) and Pomp and Circumstance (Elgar).
The orchestra has an excellent reputation and last year was awarded the Classic FM Award in the Open Youth Orchestra category at the National Festival of Music for Youth. We were told that they were off to Birmingham today (Saturday) for performances at Symphony Hall - so wishing them the very best of luck with that. They are also off to tour the Netherlands later this month and will give a Grand Concert in the Sheldonian Theatre on 31 July. This should also be an excellent musical evening in impressive surroundings - well worth attending.
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