National Youth Orchestra

The Encore Performing Arts Series continues with the National Youth Orchestra (NYO) via its Senior Strings Camerata and Concert Band, with prizewinning soloists and Concerto Competition finalists.

The Camerata will be conducted by the UAE-based conductor and composer Jonathan Barrett and by NYO cofounder Eva Gräsbeck, Head of Strings; the NYO Concert Band will be conducted by Jacqueline Hayter, Head of Winds.

The programme:

Kreisler: Chanson Arabe (Sian Willgoss, violin)
Pablo de Sarasate: Introduction et Tarantelle (Eason Wu, violin)
Monti: Czardas (Aarush Vir Kharbanda, marimba)
Boccherini: Rondo in C Major (Milo Lucero-Beschi, cello)
Mozart: Concerto no.2 in D for Flute, KV. 314: I. Allegro Aperto (Lucas Mellor, flute)
Lalo: Symphonie Espagnole (Imani Moneyang, violin)
Vaughan Williams: Prelude (Natalia Maughan, viola)
de Sarasate: Introduction et Tarentelle (Oscar Lucero-Beschi, violin)
de Falla: Danse Espagnole from ‘La Vida Breve’ (Renée Youssef, violin)

INTERVAL

National Youth Orchestra Strings Camerata

Vivaldi: Sinfonia in C Major, RV 116 (Eva Gräsbeck, conductor)
von Beliczay: Serenade for strings D minor, Op.36 (Jonathan Barrett, conductor)

National Youth Orchestra Concert Band (Jacqueline Hayter, conductor)

Rachel Platten and Dave Bassett: Fight Song, arr Jay Bocook
Pal Waaktaar and Magne Furuholmne: Take on Me, arr Paul Murtha