RCM Wind Ensemble: Folk Stories and Fairytales

Dates
05 March 2025, 7:30pm

Venue
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

Tickets
£5

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A bassoonist and two clarinets wear black and perform their instruments

05 March 2025, 7:30pm

Venue
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

Tickets
£5

Marie Lloyd director
Natalka Pasicznyk soprano
Miranda Francis narrator
RCM Wind Ensemble

Dukas (arr Kerry Camden) The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
Margot Pommellet Music with a bird – on a Malagasy tune, 'Mandihiza rahitsikitsika' (world premiere)
Knussen Hums and Songs of Winnie-the-Pooh
Simon Bainbridge Paths and Labyrinths
Judith Bingham Lace-Making
Paul Patterson The Three Little Pigs

Embark on a magical mystery tour with the Royal College of Music Wind Ensemble directed by Marie Lloyd, in a joyful programme of grown-up nursery rhymes and fairytales.

Dukas’ vivid account of The Sorcerer’s Apprentice charts every step of this cautionary tale with great wit and colour. Oliver Knussen’s whimsical Winnie-the-Pooh settings reflect the warmth and wisdom of his character (he was nicknamed Big Owl by his great friend, RCM Senior Research Fellow Dr Mark-Anthony Turnage).

There is new music from RCM composer Margot Pommellet, plus Judith Bingham's intricate work for saxophones and Paul Patterson's musical take on Roald Dahl's version of The Three Little Pigs.

This concert will also be performed at St Bartholomew the Great on Thursday 6 March.

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