The West Yorkshire Symphony Orchestra plays Fibich's Symphony No 1, Dvořák's Slavonic Rhapsody in G minor and Smetana's Vltava.
West Yorkshire Symphony Orchestra are playing The Attic on Sunday 29 November, with the concert starting at 3:00 pm. It's a matinee, so it's one of those Sunday afternoons where you can get a full orchestral programme in before the evening even starts.
The programme takes you through 19th-century Czechia, built around three composers who all drew on the Bohemian countryside. There's Fibich's Symphony No 1, Dvořák's Slavonic Rhapsody in G minor, and Smetana's The Moldau — the one that follows the Vltava river from its source through the landscape. It's a cohesive set, with all three pieces tied to the same region and era, so it works as a single journey rather than a random collection of classics.
Behind the music is the West Yorkshire Symphony Orchestra, a Leeds-based community orchestra. They describe themselves as being driven by a commitment to taking classical music to people and places that other orchestras don't reach, and this concert fits that. It's a full symphony orchestra playing in a local venue rather than a concert hall, which puts the music in a different kind of room than you'd usually find it in.
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Tickets are £7.00 or £15.00, and the concert is at The Attic, 3 Sheaf Street, Leeds LS10 1HD, on Sunday 29 November at 3:00 pm.
