WMSO Spring Concert 2025

Saturday 15th March 2025 at 7.30pm
in St Mary's Church, Maidenhead.

Weber            Overture: Oberon 
Prokofiev       Violin concerto No.2
Tchaikovsky  Eugene Onegin highlights
Beethoven     Symphony No. 5

Our spring concert comprises some great classics straddling the breadth of the romantic repertoire, from the early transition from classical to the romantic period through to a final look back as modernism takes over.  Beethoven's 5th symphony (1808) needs no introduction, as it has probably the most famous introduction of its own:  "Da da da daaa  Da da da daaa".  Weber's overture was to his early romantic  opera originally commissioned by Covent Garden in 1826, and then to Tchaikovsky's full on romantic opera Eugene Onegin (1879) which includes some wonderful arias and dances that will have you leaping about in the aisles. Finally Prokofiev's popular violin concerto No2, written in 1935, has a classical structure, lyrical and romantic elements including a Spanish theme that requires the percussion section to play castanets!  

Violin Soloist:  Chun Yi Kang - finalist, WMSO Young musician concerto competition 2023

Tickets: £15, £5 (student/child) 

A handling fee of 70p will be added to the price of adult tickets and 50p to student tickets to cover our box office costs