Concert Review: March 2025

Here is a link to a review by David Green from our concert last Thursday - https://davidgreenbooks.blogspot.com/2025/03/petersfield-orchestra-at-petersfield.html Two quotes that stand out are: "Robin Browning is somehow what Herbert Von Karajan should have been like if he hadn't been the most appalling narcissist- good-looking, charismatic, readily in charge of an orchestra who surely adore him … Continue reading Concert Review: March 2025

Concert Review: Autumn 2022

The 96th season of the Petersfield Orchestra opened with Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet Overture. The performance was characterised by well-sustained climaxes, and precise fast rhythmic passages featuring impressive playing from percussion and timpani. I especially enjoyed the finely tuned woodwind playing in their ‘chorale-like’ passage towards the end. This was followed by Alexander Arutiunian’s Trumpet … Continue reading Concert Review: Autumn 2022

Our next concert: 18th November at St Peter’s Church, Petersfield

Dvorak: Czech Suite Op. 39Francaix: L’Horloge de FloreHaydn: Symphony No. 99 in Eb major, Hoboken 1/99 Orchestral music returns to Petersfield, with Dvorak’s Czech Suite, with its lyrical and dance-based themes, l’Horloge de Flore by Jean Francaix, with our own Lucinda Willits as soloist, and Haydn’s Symphony No. 99, composed for performance during Haydn’s second … Continue reading Our next concert: 18th November at St Peter’s Church, Petersfield