A varied programme of English music including the rarely-performed Serenade in D from 1889 by Ethel Smyth. Joo Yeon Sir joins as soloist in the violin concerto by Britten, which was first performed in New York in 1940.
Programme
Holst | A Somerset Rhapsody
Britten | Violin Concerto
Smyth | Serenade in D
St Paul’s Sinfonia
Andrew Morley | conductor
Joo Yeon Sir | violin
Photo of St Alphege Church by Istvan. Source: Flickr via Openverse under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0