Fife community orchestra to host spring concert

Fife’s community orchestra – Kirkcaldy Orchestral Society – is preparing for its spring concert later this month.
By Fiona Dobie
Published 14th Mar 2023, 13:04 BST
Updated 14th Mar 2023, 13:05 BST
Kirkcaldy Orchestral Society will perform their spring concert in the Old Kirk on March 26, 2023.Kirkcaldy Orchestral Society will perform their spring concert in the Old Kirk on March 26, 2023.
Kirkcaldy Orchestral Society will perform their spring concert in the Old Kirk on March 26, 2023.

The popular event takes place at the Old Kirk in Kirkcaldy on Sunday, March 26 at 3pm. The society’s 2022/23 season, Dance on...with KOS, has been infused with lively dance related music and that theme continues for the concert.

The programme includes music by Benjamin Britten arranged for ballet – his Matinees Musicales, Arturo Marquez’s Conga del Fuego Nuevo, two movements from Rodeo by Aaron Copland, Saturday Night Waltz and Hoedown and ABBA Symfonica, a collection of ABBA songs orchestrated by Philip Lane.

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In addition, the concert will feature the premiere of John Gourlay’s Old Kirk Concerto No 3, A Big Song and Dance featuring Stuart Smith, the orchestra’s principal clarinet as soloist.

Joining the orchestra to play Bruce Fraser’s Concertino for Trombone on the afternoon will be the composer’s granddaughter, Rebecca Strang. The concertino was commissioned by Kirkcaldy Orchestral Society and first performed in 1982.

The final significant piece in the concert’s programme is the Caribbean Suite by Havelock Nelson, whose life and work were based in Northern Ireland. The composer’s granddaughter is a member of KOS.

Tickets for the concert, priced £10 for adults, £5 for children/students and free for under 5s, are available from members of the orchestra, via kirkcaldyorchestralsociety.org or by calling 07473752369. The ticket price includes a free programme.

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