An Evening of English Music by the London Philharmonic Orchestra
The Royal Oak Foundation is delighted to partner with the American Friends of the London Philharmonic Orchestra, who curated a special selection of British music for us to enjoy from their July 2020 Summer Sessions recorded in London.
Nick Jackman, Campaigns & Projects Director at the London Philharmonic Orchestra, will welcome us live and introduce a musician from the Orchestra who will speak about performing in lockdown, and how the Orchestra has started touring again. We will then have a chance to ask questions before the music program begins.
The program will start with Edward Elgar’s Serenade for Strings in E Minor, Op. 20. We will also listen to several pieces performed by LPO’s Brass Ensemble—all written by current or former members of the LPO—including Sir Malcom Arnold’s A Richmond Fanfare and Fanfare for a Royal Occasion, Stanley Woods’s Alexander Takes a Swing and John Peel, and Simon Carrington’s Hampden Celebration among others. We will end with a wonderful video rendition of Vera Lynn’s We’ll Meet Again by players from the LPO and members of the London Philharmonic Choir, performed remotely from separate locations earlier this year.
London Philharmonic Orchestra, 27 April 2019. (c) Benjamin Ealovega
