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Concerts · Detroit Symphony Orchestra

Thursday, January 21, 2027 · 7:30 PM

English Airs: Britten, Haydn, and More

Detroit Symphony Orchestra · Various (Shaarey Zedek / First United Methodist Plymouth / Our Lady Star of the Sea / Seligman Center) · Southfield / Plymouth / Grosse Pointe / Beverly Hills, Michigan

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Program

  1. Benjamin Britten Simple Symphony, Op. 4
  2. Ruth Gipps Cringlemire Garden, Op. 39
  3. Ralph Vaughan Williams Oboe Concerto in A minor
  4. Franz Joseph Haydn Symphony No. 100 in G, Hob.I:100 "Military"

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Running time: about 1 h 29 min including an intermission (estimate from the works' usual timings)

Worth the drive: One of Haydn's twelve "London" symphonies, famous for the clash of cymbals, triangle, and bass drum that interrupt its second movement like a battlefield alarm. More about Franz Joseph Haydn's Symphony No. 100 in G, Hob.I:100 →

About this concert

DSO concertmaster Robyn Bollinger leads a chamber program of English works, with principal oboist Alexander Kinmonth as soloist in Vaughan Williams's Oboe Concerto, alongside Britten's Simple Symphony, Ruth Gipps's Cringlemire Gardens, and Haydn's "Military" Symphony.

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