Holst The Planets, Suk and Grund

About this event

A concert featuring the combined orchestras of Cambridge Sinfonietta and Junges Sinfonieorchester Aachen performing a programme of music initially performed in Aachen on the first leg of this exciting exchange project. The popular and atmospheric Holst’s Planets Suite calls for a large orchestra and explores the characters of the seven planets of the solar system. The Czech composer Josef Suk was a pupil and son in law to Antonin Dvorak. His Scherzo Fantastique is a playful and lively composition. Bert Grund was a German composer particularly know for composing film music. This concert is the UK premier of his Divertimento for Horn with soloist Theo Wiemes. More About Cambridge Sinfonietta and Junges Sinfonieorchester Aachen Cambridge Sinfonietta provides amateur musicians with the opportunity to play a broad repertoire of orchestral works in a friendly and supportive setting, performing a concert at the end of each term. Junges Sinfonieorchesterhas been enriching Aachen's music scene for nearly 50 years with performances by musicians of all ages and professions.