Guitar soloist teams up with symphony orchestra for show

Northampton Symphony Orchestra's summer concert will round off the 2015/16 season with a programme of sun-filled music at St. Matthew's Church.
By The Newsroom
Published 14th Jun 2016, 15:38 GMT
Updated 15th Jun 2016, 17:32 GMT
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Entitled Riviera Reveries the concert will take audiences from Cornwall (Arnold’s Four Cornish Dances) to Cuba (Gershwin’s Cuban Overture and many other destinations in between. 

A highlight of the programme will be NSO’s performance with local soloist and teacher Graham Roberts, who began learning guitar with the Northamptonshire Music and Performing Arts Trust (NMPAT).

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He will take to the stage to play Rodrigo’s atmospheric Concierto de Aranjuez for guitar and orchestra. 

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    As with all of the orchestra’s programmes this year, popular classics will be performed alongside lesser-known works.

    The concert takes place at 7.30pm, St. Matthew’s Church in Northampton on Saturday.

    Tickets are available online at www.nso.org.uk as well as on the door. Prices are £14 for adults and £12 for concessions. Two children can enter for free with each paying adult and it is £7 each thereafter.

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