COSI Winter Concert

Chamber Orchestra St Ives

The Chamber Orchestra of St Ives (COSI) is delighted to welcome local musician, Alex Fryer, to perform an oboe concerto on Saturday January 9th, 2016. A former Hinchingbrooke school pupil from Ramsey Heights, Alex started learning the flute aged 9 then picked up the oboe when he was 14. After graduating with a first class honours degree in music from the University of Southampton, specialising in oboe performance, conducting and singing, he accepted a place to study a Masters in Performance at the Royal College of Music in London where he is now in his second year. Alex has previously played with COSI and also in the band for St Ives Youth Theatre. More recently he has played principle oboe with the Royal College of Music Symphony Orchestra and in multiple other projects including various contemporary music projects and chamber music recitals. A theme of 'dance' was chosen to encourage a lively start to the New Year and the concert opens with Respighi's Ancient Airs and Dances, suite no 2, which is based on lute dances composed in the early 1600s. This is followed by the Martinu oboe concerto, the rhythmical vitality of the last movement being reminiscent of a vivacious Czech Polka. The evening closes with Beethoven's symphony no 7 named the 'Apotheosis' of the dance by Wagner and the second movement well known as a backdrop to the film ‘The King’s Speech’. The concert kicks off at 6pm on Saturday 9th January in the Free Church, St Ives. Tickets £8 adults and £5 children, available on the door or from Just Sharing in the Free Church. Email felicitycello@gmail.com with enquiries.