2018 ‘The Big Bad Wolf’
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| Dahl/Patterson | ‘The Big Bad Wolf’ Narrator: Lydia Kenny |
More than 200 young people enjoyed listening to this twist of the tale of Little Red Riding Hood, as written by Roald Dahl and narrated by Lydia Kenny. They also enjoyed taking turns to conduct the orchestra, helped by conductor Glyn Oxley, and making music with French horn player Stephen Belinfante’s hosepipes!
Prior to the concert day, members of the Gloucestershire Symphony Orchestra visited schools in the Stroud area to show young students some musical instruments, and encourage them to play music.
2017 ‘Three Little Pigs’
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| John Williams | Harry Potter |
| Dahl/Patterson | Three Little Pigs Narrator: Lydia Kenny |
| Nielsen | Festival March from Aladdin suite |
| Bizet | Carmen Suite Toreadors March |
The audience of young people and their parents were kept spellbound, listening to this dastardly version of Three Little Pigs. They also enjoyed having a go at conducting the orchestra, and sitting amongst orchestra players, where they experienced the music from ‘inside the orchestra’.
2016 ‘Carnival of the Animals’
Gloucester Guildhall
This children’s concert was directed by Glyn Oxley with soloists Marcel Zidani and Chuen-An Chern (pianists), Gordon Bailey (double bass), Jacob Barns (cello) and Richard Atkins (narrator).
| Dankworth | Tom Sawyer’s Saturday |
| Saint-Saens | Carnival of the Animals Narrator: Richard Atkins |
| Mussorgsky | ‘Gopak’ from the opera ‘The Fair at Sorochinsk’ |
| John Williams | Jurassic World |
Narrator Richard Atkins and several musicians from the orchestra toured Stroud valley primary schools prior to the concert, encouraging students to try out some musical instruments.
2015 ‘Peter and the Wolf’
One of many amazing pictures drawn by Year 4 pupils from Cheltenham’s Greatfield Park Primary School for Gloucestershire Symphony Orchestra’s ‘Peter and the Wolf’ children’s concert.