St George's Chamber Orchestra concludes its 10th season with Klaus Simon's 2007 chamber version of Mahler's beautiful 4th Symphony. Sky Ingram, due to make her Royal Opera House debut in November this year, is our soprano soloist for the Mahler. She also sings the effervescent Exsultate Jubilate by Mozart. We are delighted to welcome Maxime Tortlelier, currently the Leverhulme Young Conductor in Association with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, as our guest conductor. This concert brings to a close St George's Festival for Beckenham.
St George’s Chamber Orchestra was founded in 2004 as the professional orchestra for the South East in order to give local music lovers the opportunity to hear orchestral concerts of the highest standard on their own doorstep, and indeed for the musicians to enjoy making music together on their own doorstep!
The orchestra is drawn from an extraordinarily talented, experienced and versatile pool of musicians, a large number of whom are past winners of prestigious awards and musical competitions in the UK and elsewhere. Many either are or have been members of the leading London orchestras and a significant number are principals in those orchestras. Many others are members of Britain’s best known chamber ensembles.
We are proud to be resident at St George’s Church, Beckenham which has a long, strong and respected musical heritage, and boasts one of the finest church choirs in the UK. With its spaciousness, good acoustics and warm friendly atmosphere the church is an ideal venue for a chamber orchestra.
A few comments from our audience:
‘St George's Chamber Orchestra has got to be one of the best things about being a Beckenham local. At the end of each concert I’m already looking forward to the next one.’
‘A most enjoyable evening – an excellent programme with a first class chamber orchestra; what more could you ask for?’
‘Your concert yesterday evening brought immense pleasure many congratulations to everyone. It is a privilege to live where such things happen locally.’
‘The concert was such a treat, what a programme! So lovely to hear those less-often performed pieces. Thank you.’