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Welcome to the Brighton Philharmonic
Orchestra’s 86 th Concert Season
Today we have two familiar works
and a third which is something of
a novelty. I make no apology for
playing the familiar. The reason why
certain works receive more
performances than others is their
universally appreciated quality, and
that is something to celebrate. They
attract more performances because
there is always something new to
discover in them, largely because as
we become more and more familiar
with them we view them from a
different perspective, and in greater
depth.
But I also make no apology for
presenting the Nielsen... there are
many works which are less often
performed than they deserve, and
this concerto has been a favourite of
mine since my student days, when I
did a lot of work accompanying
fellow students on the piano when
they were learning concertos which
they would then hope to perform
with an orchestra. This concerto is
remarkable for its abrupt contrast of
light hearted jollity, and naive turn of
phrase, with moments of dark drama,
and I am thrilled that we have asked
Christine, our orchestra's principal
flute, to play this work for you today.
We have already worked on this
concerto together and as you will
soon hear, we have a soloist whose
love of this work, combined with her
consummate musicianship, guarantees
us a memorable concert.
I hope you will enjoy this mix of the
more and less familiar, as it is
something of a feature of our
programming this season.
Barry Wordsworth
MUSIC DIRECTOR/PRINCIPAL CONDUCTOR