opera winds octet · 'harmonie at the operatic table'
Sunday 10 March 2024, 3pm · Holy Trinity Church, Haddington
Mozart: Harmoniemusik from Don
Giovanni and Le nozze di Figaro Gary Carpenter: Ein Musikalische Snookerspiel Jonathan Dove: Figures in the Garden Ruth Gipps: Wind Octet Op.65 Colin Suckling: The Medicinal Herb Garden |
In 18th-century Europe, the finest Harmonie wind players of the age entertained aristocrats as they dined in their finery and performed to townsfolk on the street. Join the Principal Winds of the Orchestra of Scottish Opera as they embark on a dangerous game of chance, with an instrumental cast of exuberant revellers, fiendish villains and serenading lovers!