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Duke's Hall
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Programme Details

Magnus Johnston director

GRIEG Holberg Suite, Op 40
TCHAIKOVSKY Andante cantabile
DVOŘÁK Serenade for Strings in E, Op 22

Magnus Johnston, Concert Master of the Royal Ballet and Opera, directs the first-year students of the Academy String Orchestra. The programme opens with Grieg’s ‘Suite in the olden style’ based on 18th-century dance forms. Tchaikovsky’s Andante cantabile is an arrangement of the slow movement from the composer’s String Quartet No 1, and is followed by Dvořák’s popular Serenade for Strings.

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