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Raphael Wallfisch

St Mary’s, Thame

Saturday 15 October at 7.30pm

International cellist Raphael Wallfisch will be joining the orchestra conducted by John Lubbock on Saturday 15th October at St. Mary’s Church, Thame at 7.30 p.m.

The concert opens with one of Schumann’s best known pieces Träumerei, Dreaming, written for solo piano but arranged here for string orchestra. Raphael Wallfisch then plays Schumann’s Cello Concerto in the version for cello and string orchestra. Although this work was completed some years before Schumann’s death it was never played in his lifetime. After the interval Raphael completes his solos with the well known Andante Cantabile, the second movement of Tchaikovsky’s first string quartet, said to be based on a folk-song the composer heard whistled by a house painter, or according to other reports, a carpenter. The orchestra takes centre stage for the finale – Dvořák’s lyrical Serenade for Strings full of the folk melodies of Bohemia, written in a fruitful year for Dvořák as he was becoming an established composer.

Tickets ( Adult £11, Snr/stud £9, U14 free) are available:

•  for collection at the door from crendonchamberorchestra@yahoo.co.uk
•  by post enclosing cheque payable to Crendon Chamber Orchestra and SAE from: CCO 15 Brae Hill Close, Brill, HP18 9TE
• from the TAL Box Office (0871 288 3420) in Thame Town Hall
• from ForeGolf, 10 Buttermarket, Thame
• on the door.

The Crendon Chamber Orchestra is a string orchestra which draws its players and audience from Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Berkshire.   The orchestra has a mixture of professional and amateur musicians and aims to perform string and other chamber works to a high standard.  3 concerts per year are given in St. Mary’s Church, Thame, and players also take part in other educational or development activities.