Northern Lights: Sibelius & Schubert
Conductor: Robert Dora
Date: Sunday 23rd June 2019
Time: 2.30pm
Venue: Preston City Hall
The Music
Schubert
Rosamunde Overture
Berlioz
Hungarian March
Doppler
Andante & Rondo for two flutes & string orchestra
Soloists: Penny Holmes, David Jones
Sibelius
Symphony No. 2
The Soloists
Penny Holmes has been a member of the Preston Symphony Orchestra since 2016. Penny studied at the Victorian College of the Arts and has performed in a multitude of small ensembles and orchestras including the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra, NZ. Penny currently performs with Melbourne Opera and at many celebrations.
David Jones took up the recorder at the age of 5 and was a chorister at Exeter Cathedral before completing a music degree. A member of the Heidelberg Wind Ensemble, he joined the orchestra in 2017; the flute has taken him to Cairns and shortly back to the UK for a Summer School.