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Joo Yeon Sir plays Britten Violin Concerto

Date: Friday 16 June 2023, 7:30pm
Venue:
St Alfege Church | 3 Greenwich Church Street | London SE10 9BJ | | [Map]

Tickets: £20 (concessions available) | Buy tickets on Eventbrite
St Alphege Church, Greenwich

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

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