Joyful Jess joins in with our orchestra
Her talents were earlier recognised by Ampleforthbased music shop June Emerson Wind Music as one of two young Artists they support.
“Weahave seen her career blossom over the last few years and she is an amazing performer with a personality to match both on and off stage,” said Rachel Emerson.
“Jess really is one to watch.”
She will be playing David Heath’s 1995 expressive and exciting concerto The Celtic, opening with a first movement that captures the atmosphere of a ceilidh getting wilder and wilder as everyone is carried away by the excitement.
The concerto’s slow movement expresses the feelings of the composer after he left his then home in Fife and the final movement is based on an old version of a popular Fife song.
The orchestra continues to perform more modern works like The Celtic but will also give the audience its share of familiar pieces.
The programme includes Beethoven’s second and one of his most joyous symphonies, despite being written at the time when his incurable deafness was becoming apparent.
Haydn’s triumphant London Symphony (No. 104) is also another firm audience favourite.
“I am delighted that we are now attracting a large audience both young and old, who come incredible distances to hear us,” said conductor Shaun Matthew.
“People at our last concert travelled from as far afield as Manchester and Hull, so we can truly say that the Scarborough Symphony Orchestra has followers from across the country,” he said.
The concert is on Saturday at 7.15pm at the Queen Street Methodist Hall in Scarborough.
Admission is £11 (£9.50 for concessions). Entry for children up to 16 and fulltime students is free.
Tickets can be purchased through the orchestra’s website or at the door.