RIVER OF RED AND GOLD
River of Red and Gold closes the season with a richly coloured programme that celebrates warmth, lyricism and heroic spirit. Glazunov’s Autumn from The Seasons sets the tone with glowing textures and a sense of mellow, shifting light. Strauss’ elegant Oboe Concerto brings intimacy and refinement, its transparent scoring allowing every line to shine. The season concludes with Borodin’s Second Symphony, a work of bold themes, muscular rhythms and sweeping drama that draws on epic legend and national character. From autumnal glow to full-blooded symphonic grandeur, this concert offers a generous and uplifting end to the MHO season.
FOR MHO PLAYERS
Alexander Glazunov – Autumn from “The Seasons” – 3[1.2.pic] 2[1.2/Eh] 2 2 — 4 2 3 1 — tmp+4 — hp — cel — str perc: bd, cym, sd, tri, tambn, glock
Richard Strauss – Oboe Concerto, TrV 292 (AV 144), D major – Solo Oboe 2 1[Eh] 2 2 — 2 0 0 0 — str (Tentative Munster Trust Soloist)
Alexander Borodin – Symphony No.2, B minor (Bogatirskaya simfoniya; Heroic Symphony) – 3[1.2.3/pic] 2[1/Eh.2] 2 2 — 4 2 3 1 — tmp+4 — hp — str perc: tri, tambn, cym, bd
REHEARSALS
- Sunday 6 June 2027, 1.45–4.30pm – Methodist
- Tuesday 8 June 2027 – STRINGS – Venue TBC
- Sunday 13 June 2027, 1.45–4.30pm – Methodist
- Friday 18 June 2027, 7.30–9.30pm – WIND – Methodist Church
- Sunday 20 June 2027, 1.45–4.30pm – Methodist
- Friday 25 June 2027, 7.30–9.30pm – Methodist Church
- Saturday 26 June 2027, 2.00–5.00pm rehearsal, CONCERT 7.30pm