CALL OF THE WILD
2027-02-06 19:30 - 22:00 (Europe/London) | Market Harborough Methodist Church, Northampton Road, Market Harborough, Leicestershire, LE16 9HG, United Kingdom
Call of the Wild is a programme inspired by nature, movement and the elemental forces that shape both landscape and human imagination. Delibes’ Sylvia opens the evening with music rooted in woodland myth and pastoral colour, full of grace, energy and rhythmic vitality. Hamilton Harty’s With the Wild Geese follows, evoking the pull of migration and freedom in a work of sweeping momentum and emotional power. The concert culminates in Sibelius’ Fifth Symphony, a towering statement of Nordic symphonic writing, inspired by the natural world and crowned by the famous horn calls of its final movement, one of the most exhilarating moments in orchestral music. This is a concert of expansive sound, deep atmosphere and thrilling orchestral drive.
FOR MHO PLAYERS
Léo Delibes – Sylvia: Suite – 2[1.2/pic] 2 2 2 — 4 4[2tp, 2crt] 3 1 — tmp+3 — hp — str – perc: sd, tri, cym, bd
Hamilton Harty – With the Wild Geese – 3[1.2.3/pic] 3[1.2.Eh] 3[1.2.bcl] 2 — 4 2 3 1 — tmp+3 — hp — str perc: cym, sus cym, bd, sd
Jean Sibelius – Symphony No.5, op.82, E-flat major – 2 2 2 2 — 4 3 3 0 — tmp — str
REHEARSALS

Sunday 17 January 2027, 1.45–4.30pm – Methodist
Tuesday 19 January 2027 – STRINGS – Venue TBC
Sunday 24 January 2027, 1.45–4.30pm – Methodist
Friday 29 January 2027, 7.30–9.30pm – WIND – Methodist Church
Sunday 31 January 2027, 1.45–4.30pm – Methodist
Friday 5 February 2027, 7.30–9.30pm – Methodist Church
Saturday 6 February 2027, 2.00–5.00pm rehearsal, CONCERT 7.30pm

CONTINENTAL TOUR
2027-06-26 19:30 - 22:00
Join the Market Harborough Orchestra for a musical journey across Europe and beyond. Nielsen’s radiant Helios Overture opens with the blazing energy of sunrise, followed by Dvořák’s charming Czech Suite, rich with the warmth and dance rhythms of Bohemia. Soloist Jake Humphrey leads a thrilling side-trip to Armenia in Arutiunian’s celebrated Trumpet Concerto, a work of sweeping lyricism and dazzling virtuosity. The evening concludes in southern Spain with Turina’s vibrant Sinfonía sevillana, alive with colour, rhythm, and Mediterranean warmth. A vivid and uplifting celebration of Europe’s musical landscapes.
FOR MHO PLAYERS
Carl Nielsen – Helios Overture, op.17 – 3[1.2.3/pic] 2 2 2 — 4 3 3 1 — tmp — str
Antonín Dvořák – Czech Suite, op.39, B.93, D major – 2 3[1.2.Eh] 2 2 — 2 2 0 0 — tmp — str
Aleksandr Arutiunian – Trumpet Concerto – 2[1.2/pic] 2 2 2 — 4 2 3 1 — tmp+3 — hp — str perc: bd, cym, sd, tri
Joaquín Turina – Sinfonia sevillana, op.23 – 3[1.2.3/pic] 3[1.2.Eh] 3[1.2.bcl] 3[1.2.cbn] — 4 3 3 1 — tmp+2 — hp — cel — str perc: bd, cym, sus cym, tri, sd, cast, glock
REHEARSALS

Sunday 6 June 2027, 1.45–4.30pm – Methodist
Tuesday 8 June 2027 – STRINGS – Congregational
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
