The Lark Ascending and Mozart in Malvern at Christ Church, Avenue Road, Malvern WR14 3AY

The Lark Ascending and Mozart in Malvern Sunday 22 March at 3pm Christ Church, Avenue Road, Malvern WR14 3AY Orchestra Pro Anima Directed from the violin by Michael Bochmann MBE with Tim Sidford (piano) Corelli Concerto Grosso in D major Op 6 No 4 Vivaldi Concerto for four violins in B minor RV580 Mozart Piano Concerto No 12 in A major K414 Chopin Ballade No 1 in G minor Op 23 (piano solo) Vaughan Williams The Lark Ascending Holst Brook Green Suite H190 Orchestra Pro Anima - ‘Each work illuminated the expressive power of strings, whether in intimate reflection or collective exuberance.’ Brian Owen (Worcester News) Tim Sidford – ‘ … a soloist centre-stage and in full command.’ Peter Williams (formerly Hereford Times) The concert opens with a much-loved Concerto Grosso by Corelli in which the dialogue between the solo instruments and the orchestra is particularly telling. There follows a well-known Vivaldi Concerto in which the texture of the four violin solo parts is constantly varied. To complete the first half, the fine pianist Tim Sidford is the soloist in a most charming, intimate Piano Concerto. Tim begins the second half with Chopin’s exquisite G minor Ballade, a most poetic work in which virtuosity is at the service of art. The orchestra then returns, with Michael Bochmann as soloist, in Vaughan Williams’ famous, highly evocative The Lark Ascending. The programme finishes with Holst’s lyrical Brook Green Suite, the concluding Dance of which provides a most vibrant end to the concert. Tickets: £22 and £17 students half-price and free entry for children aged 10 and under