麻豆社

Join Martyn Brabbins and the 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra for the world premiere of new work SRI by composer (and 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra trombonist) Dan Jenkins, and hear leading oboe player Emily Pailthorpe perform Richard Blackford鈥檚 two-movement oboe concerto The Better Angels of our Nature, inspired by Abraham Lincoln鈥檚 plea for reconciliation at his first inaugural address in 1861:

鈥淲e are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory will swell when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature.鈥�

The concert begins with Simon Wills鈥� colourful comedy Empress of Blandings and concludes with John Pickard鈥檚 dark and reflective symphonic poem Channel Firing, inspired by Thomas Hardy鈥檚 1914 poem describing a night-time scene at a church graveyard.

Admission is on a first-come, first-served basis. Please note that as not everyone who asks for tickets uses them, to make sure we have a full house we send out more tickets than there are places. We do our best to get the numbers right, but unfortunately we occasionally have to disappoint people so please arrive early.