WEEK ONE 2 – 9 August
Chamber Orchestra
John Gibbons conductor
leader Elizabeth French
This popular course returns under the baton of its “passionate” and “erudite” conductor, John Gibbons. The orchestra is intended to meet the needs of music students and very experienced amateurs and will play a wide range of repertoire, some familiar, some unusual, from the eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
“Please ask John Gibbons back; he was brilliant.”
During the week, some players may also be invited to play in the repertoire orchestras formed to work with the conductors’ course under the direction of the eminent conductor and teacher Robert Houlihan.
A major public concert will be given at the end of the week with a programme selected from the works above. To ensure a place in the orchestra, early application is recommended.
2025 Repertoire
Schubert Symphony No.6 in C, D.589
Pehkonen Playing with Fire
Prokofief Symphony No.1 in D, Op.25, “Classical”
Davies Kingpin
Delius A Song before Sunrise
Rubbra Improvisations on Virginal Pieces by Giles Farnaby, Op.50
Beethoven Symphony No.1 in C, Op.21
Other orchestral courses at Sherborne this summer
Wind Ensemble 2 – 9 August
Sinfonia 2 – 9 August
Symphony Orchestra 9 – 16 August