Bath Symphony Orchestra : 70th anniversary season

Our programme explores the expression of contrasting moods. En Saga, by Sibelius, depicts feelings inspired by the Finnish landscape, whilst Brahms evokes a wide variety of moods and colours in his well known Variations on the St Anthony Chorale tune. In his Second Symphony, The Four Temperaments, Danish composer Nielsen vividly portrays each of the four humours of Greco-Roman medicine. The symphony was inspired by a comical picture the composer saw in a country pub and it quickly became one of Nielsen's best-loved orchestral works.