Mon17Feb1958

Puccini centenary concert

St James’s Piccadilly

KSO performs a centenary concert for Giacomo Puccini at St James’s Piccadilly

Conductor

Leslie Head

Programme

Puccini – Messa di Gloria
Nielsen – Søvnen (English première)
Rubbra – Symphony No.7
Handel – Zadok the Priest

Soloists

Lloyd Strauss Smith, tenor
Derick Davies, bass

“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