{"id":2501,"date":"2021-11-13T10:02:43","date_gmt":"2021-11-13T10:02:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.georgecaird.co.uk\/?p=2501"},"modified":"2022-10-12T14:03:45","modified_gmt":"2022-10-12T14:03:45","slug":"the-oxford-sinfonia-october-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.georgecaird.co.uk\/index.php\/the-oxford-sinfonia-october-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Concert with The Oxford Sinfonia, 16 October 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.georgecaird.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Oxford-Sinfonia-Logo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.georgecaird.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Oxford-Sinfonia-Logo-1024x790.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2965\" width=\"357\" height=\"275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.georgecaird.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Oxford-Sinfonia-Logo-1024x790.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.georgecaird.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Oxford-Sinfonia-Logo-300x231.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.georgecaird.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Oxford-Sinfonia-Logo-768x592.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.georgecaird.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Oxford-Sinfonia-Logo.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 357px) 100vw, 357px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>I was very happy to return to The Oxford Sinfonia this year and to conduct a live concert with the orchestra on 16 October in St Mary the Virgin, Oxford.  The programme of Bach&#8217;s Brandenburg Concerto No 1, Mozart&#8217;s Symphony 29 and the remarkable Divertimento in D, K131 was a beautiful mix of two favourite works with one that many of the players were meeting for the first time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>In fact, we had plenty of time to prepare for this concert. Our planned summer concert had to be postponed but we were lucky to have two days of rehearsals with a play through on two hot summer days in July at the Village Hall in Beckley.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>With thanks to Neil Halliday for his management of the concert, it was a pleasure to work with the orchestra. The Brandenburg Concerto featured Kate Bailey&#8217;s beautiful violin playing with Aldus Whitfield, Sarah Kendall and Matthias Winkel as a fine trio of oboists. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The orchestra&#8217;s horn section (Martin Priestley, Helen Newing, Samantha Dunwoody and Richard Todd) gave star performances in the Mozart Divertimento &#8211; a unique work from 1772 that also features solo parts for flute (Kate Roberts), oboe (Aldus Whitfield) and bassoon (Chris Grosvenor). In six movements with a dynamic opening <em>Allegro<\/em> and brilliant finale, the two minuet movements offer trios for the four horns alone, solos for flute and oboe and a trio for violas. There is a moving Adagio for strings, too, as well as a touching Allegretto movement featuring the flute and the oboe. A gem. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>All best wishes to the Oxford Sinfonia for its future concerts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was very happy to return to The Oxford Sinfonia this year and to conduct a live concert with the orchestra on 16 October in St Mary the Virgin, Oxford. 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