
Emma Johnson MBE is a clarinettist who has made a name as a best selling soloist and recording artist. She won the BBC Young Musician of the Year Competition when she was 17 and has since recorded over 30 albums and given concerts all over the world.
Johnson is a published composer too and during lockdown she wrote a clarinet concerto, Tree of Life, inspired by a need to express something in music about the climate crisis. Its first performance with a handpicked team of like-minded musicians, the Orchestra for the Environment, was a triumph and has led to many more performances throughout the UK.
Evoking birdsong and the natural world, the music is accompanied by striking images by Edward Hutchison. It ends on an optimistic note that by working together we can effect change.
Music by Holst, Vaughan Williams and Paul Reade helps to complete this musical celebration of the natural world. We also mark the 100th anniversary of Puccini with his exquisite Crisantemi inspired by flowers. The concert ends with music that comes straight from the heart, Tchaikovsky’s masterpiece, the Serenade for Strings.
Programme:
Gustav Holst Brook Green Suite
Prelude-Air-Dance
Giacomo Puccini Crisantemi
Vaughan Williams Fantasia on Greensleeves
Emma Johnson Tree of Life for Clarinet, Harp, Percussion and strings
In the Beginning-Bacchanalia-The Truth of Things-Resolution
Interval
Paul Reade Suite from the Victorian Kitchen Garden for clarinet and harp
Prelude-Spring-Mists-Exotica-Summer
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Serenade for Strings in C Major
Pezzo in forma di sonatina-Valse-Elegie-Finale Tema Russo
Important Information
Venue: Stamford Arts Centre, Ballroom
Tickets: £30 (£28 concessions)
Running Time: 2 hours 20 mins (including interval)
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