An Early Christmas Concert With Orchestra Pro Anima at Christ Church, Malvern

Directed from the violin by Michael Bochmann
Sunday 3 December 2023 at 3pm
Christ Church, Avenue Road, Malvern WR14 3AY

Concerts with Orchestra Pro Anima at Christ Church are always eagerly awaited. The wonderful programme featured in this concert has a Christmas flavour. Apart from the rousing ‘Sleigh Ride’ by Leroy Anderson that ends the concert, the music is entirely taken from the Baroque and Classical periods. The first half features a very short engaging work by the English composer William Boyce; two ‘Christmas Concertos’, the one by Corelli being particularly well-known and loved; and an effervescent work by the prolific Antonio Vivaldi. After the interval comes a beautiful Violin Concerto by Mozart, in which Michael Bochmann is the soloist, followed by an orchestral arrangement of the most international of all Christmas Carols – a great way to begin the festive season.

Boyce Symphony No 1 in B flat
Torelli Concerto Grosso in G minor Op 8 No 6 ‘Christmas Concerto’
Vivaldi Concerto for Four Violins in B minor
Corelli Concerto Grosso in G minor Op 6 No 8 ‘Christmas Concerto’
Mozart Violin Concerto No 2 in D K211
Gruber Silent Night
Anderson Sleigh Ride

This event takes place at Christ Church, Avenue Road, Malvern WR14 3AY