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Sunsets and Symphonies
EMFEB’s third tour to Jersey involved the complete EMFEB Chamber
Orchestra. This tour had a distinctly ‘al fresco’ feel, and focussed
on celebrating the 250th Anniversary of Mozart’s birth. The tour
opened with several small ensembles performing on the beach at
Greve-de-Lecq, in commemoration of the Summer Solstice. A Summer
Schools Concert followed, in which over three hundred children
enjoyed an introduction to all the families of the orchestra. The
full orchestra performed that evening on a cliff-top overlooking a
spectacular sunset in a concert entitled ‘Sunset Symphony’, which
culminated in a performance of Mozart’s last symphony, the
‘Jupiter’. Over five hundred attended, despite the bracing wind! The
following day, ninety young singers from the Island-Wide Girls and
Boys choirs joined the orchestra the for a truly riotous performance
of Alan Simmond’s The Olympics!, narrated by BBC Radio Jersey’s Joe
Pignatiello. The tour concluded with a concert entitled Amadues –
The Story of Mozart, in which the fascinating story of Mozart’s life
was narrated, and bought to life with movements from his Symphonies,
Piano Concertos, Operas, and Chamber Music. A memorable end to an
all-embracing tour. This tour was sponsored by the Jersey Arts
Trust, Jersey Instrumental Music Service, and Jersey Tourism.
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