Post by Richard on Nov 14, 2007 13:19:44 GMT
Hello everybody! 
This morning I paid a visit to St. Pancras International railway station, and enjoyed an excellent free concert given by the strings section of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Tim Redmond.
The concert began with Benjamin Britten's Simple Symphony, and continued with Sir Edward Elgar's Serenade for Strings. Unfortunately there was a round of applause in the middle of the second movement when the first Eurostar departed for Paris at 11:00am, loaded with VIPs. Happily the crowd were more interested in the music than the trains from then on, and the orchestra completed their first set with Percy Grainger's Shepherds Hey.
After an interval, the orchestra played Holst's St. Paul's Suite, followed by Mozart's Eine Kleine Nachtmusik. They then took another short break before playing Peter Warlock's Capriol. The concert ended with the March from Gilbert Vinter's Entertainments, which was a piece I hadn't heard before.
St. Pancras International is a very impressive railway station with its mixture of ancient and modern, but it is not an ideal concert venue. There were numerous announcements over the PA, although the RPO carried on playing regardless and gave a wonderful performance that I thoroughly enjoyed.
Best Wishes,
Richard
This morning I paid a visit to St. Pancras International railway station, and enjoyed an excellent free concert given by the strings section of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Tim Redmond.
The concert began with Benjamin Britten's Simple Symphony, and continued with Sir Edward Elgar's Serenade for Strings. Unfortunately there was a round of applause in the middle of the second movement when the first Eurostar departed for Paris at 11:00am, loaded with VIPs. Happily the crowd were more interested in the music than the trains from then on, and the orchestra completed their first set with Percy Grainger's Shepherds Hey.
After an interval, the orchestra played Holst's St. Paul's Suite, followed by Mozart's Eine Kleine Nachtmusik. They then took another short break before playing Peter Warlock's Capriol. The concert ended with the March from Gilbert Vinter's Entertainments, which was a piece I hadn't heard before.
St. Pancras International is a very impressive railway station with its mixture of ancient and modern, but it is not an ideal concert venue. There were numerous announcements over the PA, although the RPO carried on playing regardless and gave a wonderful performance that I thoroughly enjoyed.
Best Wishes,
Richard
