WPO: Autumn Classics

Worthing Philharmonic Orchestra

PROGRAMME

Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 3

Ansel Chaloner-Hughes: ‘Florestan’ (New Work)

Rossini: Bassoon Concerto

Dvořák: Symphony No. 8 in G major

Siping Guo, Bassoon

Dominic Grier, Conductor

The WPO presents two of the most popular works in the orchestral repertoire, Beethoven's stirring Leonore Overture No. 3 and Dvořák's tuneful Eighth Symphony.  Virtuoso bassoonist, Siping Guo, performs Rossini's rarely-heard concerto for that instrument; and the WPO's new Composer-in-Residence, Ansel Chaloner-Hughes, sees his first composition for the orchestra given its world première.