Greenwich Chamber Orchestra with Laurence Perkins (Bassoon)

The Greenwich Chamber Orchestra was formed in 2019 by David Cutts and is now settling in to giving an autumn and a winter concert in St Alfege Church each year. The orchestra is made up of fine amateur players from London and elsewhere who meet for a few rehearsals for each occasion. The leader is Gonzalo Acosta.

This concert includes Weber's Bassoon Concerto, written 200 years ago this summer. The soloist, Laurence Perkins, has made a new edition of the work and has been performing it during the year with a number of orchestras around the country. He also brings a concerto movement, Catalonia, written for him by Paul Reade, who died 25 years ago this year.

The programme also contains two classical symphonies. Schubert's 3rd, a bold and joyous piece full of wonderful tunes, starts us off, and we finish with Mozart's 39th, one of his final trio of symphonies that are at the pinnacle of his output.