The Northern Chamber Orchestra will perform next month in Barrow.
Part of BarrowMusic week #Barrowmusic, people were asked to vote for the music they would like to hear the orchestra play.
The winning pieces were Mamma Mia!, Bittersweet Symphony, Fly Me to the Moon and Rather Be.
The Northern Chamber Orchestra recently visited Barrow and performed in community centres and fields across the borough at the Barra Culture Playcations.
A Barra Culture spokesman said: “it was such a treat to have classical music brought out to the streets in Barrow, where the players could chat to locals passing by and the public spaces be brought alive by music. Looking forward to seeing the full orchestra in the Forum after such a long time without live performances!”
You can hear Northern Chamber Orchestra perform Barrow’s choices in a concert on October 2 at The Forum.
Alongside Barrovians’ top choices, they will perform Holst’s playful St Paul’s Suite which includes the melody from Greensleeves, and was written during his time as music master of St Paul’s Girls’ School in Hammersmith, London, Weber’s Concerto for Clarinet and Strings and Tchaikovsky’s famous Serenade for Strings.
“The eclectic programme is sure to uplift and inspire and is a fantastic opportunity for the people of Barrow to come together to enjoy the live orchestral sound after the difficulties of presenting live music during the pandemic.”
“We are presenting this concert as an expression of hope – that once again people will gather together to hear live performances of great music played by excellent musicians. We hope it will stimulate, soothe, move and entertain, and look forward to sharing it with you,” said Nicholas Ward, artistic director.
The orchestral programme at the Forum produced in partnership with Orchestras Live, a national producer and music charity based in Leeds.
