Festival of Strings Event
For more information regarding this event, please telephone Louise Johnson on 023 8059 8424 or email L.L.Johnson@soton.ac.uk .
Event details
University students, past and present, celebrate various string repertoire.
The Festival of Strings 2012 is the first event of its kind in the University and is intended to become an annual event. Open to past and present students who play stringed instruments, it provides a platform for varied topical projects and includes works in scope from solos to string orchestral repertoire.
This year the larger works are the
Simple Symphony
for string orchestra by Benjamin Britten and
Pulsar
by Vincent Lindsey-Clark in a new arrangement by the composer for guitars and strings. There are rarely-heard Piano Trio movements by Bruch and solo and ensemble pieces for guitars.