The A442 ensemble presents a New Year concert of familiar classics, including Ode to Joy, Pachelbel's Canon and Voices of Spring.
A442 is presented by the organiser as a young ensemble that crosses classical and popular music, retaining classical style while adding contemporary elements. Its work centres on live performance and touring.
The selection moves well beyond the headline works, placing Beethoven, Bizet, Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich and John Williams alongside traditional songs from England and Scotland. Ballet excerpts and dance pieces add variety, with Dance of the Cygnets, Csárdás and Hungarian Dance No. 5 among the numbers.
This is a wide-ranging crossover programme rather than a single-composer recital, linking familiar melodies with film music and folk traditions.
Full programme
- Johann Strauss II - Voices of Spring, Op. 410
- Ludwig van Beethoven - Für Elise
- Georges Bizet - Carmen Overture
- John Williams - Theme from Schindler's List
- Vittorio Monti - Csárdás
- Dmitri Shostakovich - Waltz No. 2
- Traditional English folk song - Scarborough Fair
- Johann Pachelbel - Canon in D
- Johann Strauss II - The Blue Danube, Op. 314
- Pascual Marquina Narro - España Cañí
- Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Swan Lake (Suite)
- Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Dance of the Cygnets (from Swan Lake)
- Traditional Scottish folk song - Auld Lang Syne
- Johannes Brahms - Hungarian Dance No. 5
- Ludwig van Beethoven - Ode to Joy (from Symphony No. 9)