MEMBERS of the Reading Symphony Orchestra will be crossing over the border to Wokingham next weekend for their summer concert.
The group will welcome 2019 winner of the RSO Young Musicians Competition, Cellist Oliver Simpson, for a rendition of Elgar’s Cello Concerto.
The musician has since been selected as an LPO Junior Artist for 2021-22, studies at the Junior Guildhall.
The programme opens with Shostakovich’s Festive Overture, and concludes with Schumann’s Symphony No. 3, also known as the ‘Rhenish’ symphony.
The orchestra says that Schumann was inspired to write this, his last symphony, following a trip to the Rhineland. It was premiered in 1851 in Dusseldorf, Reading’s twin town.
The evening of music will take place at St Paul’s Church in Reading Road, Wokingham on Saturday, June 25, from 7.30pm. Tickets cost £15, or £5 for those in education.
For more details, or to book, log on to: www.rso.org.uk
