Orchestral concerts and special recitals
Tickets are available in advance online at
www.iscaensemble.org.uk or
www.ticketsource.co.uk
Sidmouth concert tickets are also available from
Paragon Books, 38 High Street, Sidmouth (01395 514516).
Thursday 6th November at 3 p.m.
Sidmouth Parish Church
A very special Chamber Concert
‘La Belle Epoque’
JOEL MUNDAY violin
JULIAN TREVELYAN piano
Joel Munday is a Tillett Trust Debut Artist 2025 – 2027
Julian Trevelyan was a finalist in the 2024 Leeds International Piano Competition.
Ravel Violin Sonata 1
Mélanie Bonis Violin sonata
Fauré Violin Sonata 1
Poulenc Sonata for Violin and Piano
Free admission.
Complimentary tickets available from roghendy@gmail.com
or in early August from Paragon Books, Sidmouth.
Application for tickets by email can now be received.
Written shortly before the start of the First World War (in which Vaughan Williams served), the London Symphony was dedicated to the composer George Butterworth, whose life was cut tragically short in the war and who had first suggested to Vaughan Williams that he write a symphony; “We were talking together one day” recalled Vaughan Williams “when he said in his gruff, abrupt manner: ‘You know, you ought to write a symphony’”. When listening to the piece it is probably worth remembering that London then was quite different to London now. It was the centre of Empire, and a busy, dirty, noisy place, but it was also without today’s urban sprawl, with the countryside on the doorstep and with transport dominated by horsepower rather than the car. The London Symphony gives us a wonderful glimpse of both sides