English Airs: Britten, Haydn, and More
The Detroit Symphony Orchestra plays Saturday, January 23, at 8 p.m. at Our Lady Star of the Sea in Grosse Pointe, led by Robyn Bollinger. DSO Principal Oboe Alex Kinmonth is the soloist; tickets are $32.
Robyn Bollinger conducts a program full of charm, color, and character. Alex Kinmonth, the DSO's principal oboe, takes the solo in Vaughan Williams's lyrical Oboe Concerto.
Britten's playful Simple Symphony opens with youthful wit, followed by Ruth Gipps's atmospheric Cringlemire Gardens. After intermission, Haydn's "Military" Symphony closes things out with brilliance and a few surprises.
The concert is part of the William Davidson Neighborhood Series.
Britten's playful Simple Symphony opens with youthful wit, followed by Ruth Gipps's atmospheric Cringlemire Gardens. After intermission, Haydn's "Military" Symphony closes things out with brilliance and a few surprises.
The concert is part of the William Davidson Neighborhood Series.
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