June 2007 - Barrow Church

The Loughborough Orchestra held their 2007 Summer concert in Holy Trinity Church, Barrow Upon Soar. The concert opened with Rossini's The Thieving Magpie Overture, a piece full of excitement and Rossini's famous accelerandos. This was followed by Pastorale d'Ete by Arthur Honegger, a reflective piece featuring the horn (Wendy Holland)and beautifully played. Next came several movements from Gounod's Ballet music from Faust and the first half was rounded off by the strings playing the St Paul's Suite by Gustav Holst.

Not to be outdone, the wind and brass opened the second half with More Old Wine in New Bottles, a suite of four movements by Gordon Jacob featuring new arrangements of four old English songs. Despite the lights failing for a few seconds mid-piece the ensemble battled on. The concert was brought to a grand conclusion with Dvorak's Suite in A major.