Featuring their leader, Floriane Peycelon and Cora Hewitt, winner of the Canterbury Festival 2023 Young Musician’s Bursary Competition as soloists. Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto is at the centre of the programme: enigmatic and virtuosic in equal measure, the work forms an intriguing partner to the composer’s ‘Italian’ Symphony which brings the programme to a close. The concert includes arrangements of Fanny Mendelssohn’s Overture in C major – originally written for solo piano – and Pastorello in A major, with Vivaldi’s Recorder Concerto ‘La Notte’ completing the programme.

Both child prodigies, both heroes of their time, this concert celebrates the genius of Mendelssohn and Mendelssohn.

The Canterbury Orchestra

Soloists:
Floriane Peycelon - Violin 
Cora Hewitt (Winner of Canterbury Festival Young Musician 2023) - Recorder 

Programme:

Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel arr. Davies – Notturno in G minor

Vivaldi – Recorder Concerto ‘La Notte’

Mendelssohn – Violin Concerto

Interval

Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel arr. Davies – Pastorello in A major

Mendelssohn – Symphony no. 4 ‘Italian