Elgar Introduction and Allegro
Mahler Adagietto (from Symphony 5)
Strauss Duet Concertino for Clarinet and Bassoon (The Princess and the Bear)
Holst St Paul’s Suite
Vaughan Williams Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus
Debussy Danse sacreé et profane (Sacred and Profane Dances)
Soloists Helen Paskins, Clarinet and Patrick Bolton, Bassoon
Conductor Hilary Davan Wetton
Helen Paskins, Principal Clarinet is joined by soloist, Patrick Bolton, to perform Richard Strauss’s Duet Concertino which tells the story of the Princess and the Bear, which is loosely based on beauty and the beast. The programme also features Mahler famous Adagietto (as heard in ‘Death in Venice’) and Debussy’s mesmerising dances for Harp and Strings.
