Tue5Mar1974

Leslie Head conducts Bax and Baines premières

Smith Square Hall

KSO performs premières Arnold Bax and William Baines at St John’s Smith Square

Conductor

Leslie Head

Programme

Delius – Overture from Paa Vidderne
Bax – Roscatha (world première)
Bruch – Violin Concerto No.1
William Baines – Thought-drift (1921, world première)
Williams Baines – Island of the Fay (1919, world première)
Nielsen – Symphony No.3, ‘Sinfonia espansiva’

Soloists

John Georgiadis, violin
Tonie Berger, soprano
Anthony Ramsden, baritone

“One of the very best amateur groups in the country”

Classical Music Magazine

“The most professional-sounding of non-professional orchestras”

The Sunday Telegraph

“KSO once again scores over most professional orchestras”

Classical Source

Formed in 1956, Kensington Symphony Orchestra (registered charity number 1069620) enjoys an enviable reputation as one of the finest non-professional orchestras in the UK. Its founding aim is to provide amateurs with an opportunity to perform concerts at the highest possible level