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Kyra Humphreys: Director
Northern Sinfonia
ELGAR
Introduction and Allegro
SUK
Meditation on an Old Bohemian Hymn
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis
HOLST
St Paul’s Suite
DVORÁK
Serenade for Strings
The woody textures and delicious blend of stringed instruments have drawn some of the most charmed and perfect creations from composers the world over. Here we sample some of the finest, from the luminous, shimmering prayer of Vaughan Williams’s ‘Tallis Fantasia’ to the chugging warmth and joie de vivre of Dvorák’s ‘Serenade for Strings’. A proper winter warmer.
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