The YGO’s second concert of the season opens with a classic overture - Smetana's Bartered Bride, with its scurrying runs through the orchestra and memorable tunes. It's an orchestral favourite, but actually this will be its first outing for the YGO.
We are delighted to welcome cellist Jessica Burroughs for her first visit to York, and she will perform the Dvorák concerto for cello and orchestra - a wonderful piece full of stirring tunes, and a firm favourite with the YGO.
This being Beethoven's bicentennial year, we had to include some of his wonderful music. For this concert of our intrepid brass section will perform the rarely played Equale - four short pieces in a solemn style. They were written shortly after Beethoven had completed his seventh symphony, which is what the orchestra will perform to conclude the concert.