Market Harborough Orchestra play-through
17 November 2021
I first encountered the 'Sonatina no. 2 for 16 Winds' by Richard Strauss ('From the Happy Workshop') in 2016 when I performed the piece in Northampton with the Heliotrope Chamber Ensemble (reviewed here in April 2016). The Sonatina was one of the last works Strauss wrote and was intended as a tribute to the wind music of Mozart. It’s incredibly difficult but huge fun to play. It was lovely last Saturday to have another chance to get to grips with this wonderful piece of music in a play-through with members of the Market Harborough Orchestra. Like many amateur music groups, the Market Harborough Orchestra has not yet restarted regular weekly rehearsals after the break imposed by lockdown. Wary of committing to a programme of concerts during this ongoing period of uncertainty, the orchestra is instead organising an occasional series of one-off Saturday sessions for its members to play through a range of repertoire. It was very enjoyable to spend a couple of hours on Saturday afternoon working on the intricacies of the Strauss Sonatina with conductor Stephen Bell, before ‘performing’ the work to ourselves.
posted by Robin Simpson @ 12:19 pm
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