Jane’s autumn music guide 1 – orchestras
Two symphony orchestra concerts coming up in Durham this autumn are a great place to start exploring classical music.
DUOS: Ravel to Rachmaninov
From a solo oboe to the blaze of the full symphony orchestra, Durham University Orchestral Society trod a carefully plotted path in their Epiphany term concert, in which each piece on the programme added to what had gone before, from the Chamber Orchestra’s delicate colouring of Ravel’s Le Tombeau de Couperin to a punchy performance of Rachmaninov’s Symphonic Dances.
Intense romanticism from DUOS Symphony orchestra
Durham University Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Harry Castle, with violinist Sergei Batishchev, bring searing emotional intensity to Beethoven, Mendelssohn and Tchaikovsky.
