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 Notturno in G minor 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:
Cora Hewitt – 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