Afternoon Delights

Sunday, January 30, 2011 at 2:30pm
BRADLEY THACHUK, Conductor
*AUSTIN HITCHCOCK, French Horn

Manuel de Falla - El Amor Brujo: Ritual Fire Dance
Richard Strauss - *Horn Concerto No. 1 in E-flat major, op.11
Benjamin Britten - Soirées Musicales, op.9 (after Rossini)
Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No. 6 in F major, op.68 “Pastorale”

After warming-up on a January afternoon with de Falla's Ritual Fire Dance, you'll be treated to the virtuosity of our own Principal French Horn Austin Hitchcock, as he performs the Strauss Horn Concerto No. 1. Britten's delightful Soireé Musicales and Beethhoven's glorious Pastorale Symphony complete this programme of "Afternoon Delights".