The Courier & Advertiser (Perth and Perthshire Edition)

Perth Symphony Orchestra

Perth Concert Hall February 27

- Garry Fraser www.horsecross.co.uk

With the Perth Concert Hall providing profession­al orchestral performanc­es of the highest quality, it is left to ensembles like the Perth Symphony Orchestra (PSO) to show that music in an amateur capacity is just as entertaini­ng.

This Sunday they will perform a selection of music from Bizet, Rossini and Malcolm Arnold in a concert dedicated to the memory of cellist Stephen Chorley.

The first half of the programme will consist of an orchestrat­ion of the best music from Carmen, arranged by the composer’s friend Ernest Guiraud, Arnold’s Tam o’ Shanter and the overture to William Tell, the last of Rossini’s 39 operas.

After the interval, PSO members will be joined by some of the Perth Youth Orchestra in a performanc­e of classics from stage and screen.

The ensemble will be conducted by Allan Young, with leader Lorna McGovern.

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