North Cheshire Wind Orchestra's Inaugural Concert

10 June 2009

The North Cheshire Wind Orchestra (Catherine Tackley), based in the North West of England, will make their debut performance at the Waterside Arts Centre, Sale, on Saturday 27^th June 2009 with a programme of Russian music.

The end of the Cold War brought to light a huge repertoire of Russian wind music, much of has never been performed outside the Soviet Union. Boris Kozhevnikov composed over 70 works for band - the NCWO will perform the last of his five symphonies for winds which he dedicated the heroic construction workers of the Baikal-Amur Railroad. The programme will also include Georgi Salnikov’s quirky Burlesque and his beautiful Petit Concerto Lyrique, featuring David Benfield on the oboe.

Although these works were composed in the 1970s and 80s, Kozhevnikov and Salnikov were indebted to their compatriots of previous generations whose work will also be included in the concert. Sergey Prokofiev, a composer probably best known for works such as Peter and the Wolf and Romeo and Juliet, also wrote several marches for band. The programme is completed with some well-loved classical works, Kabalevsky’s sparkling Colas Breugnon Overture and Tchaikovsky’s epic Marche Slav.

The concert will be conducted by the NCWO"s musical director, Catherine Tackley, who said: &qout;This is a rare opportunity to hear some really marvellous but little-known Russian music. All these composers write particularly well for the wind orchestra, and the concert promises high emotion with soaring melodies, blazing brass and virtuosic flair.&qout;

Catherine will be giving a pre-concert talk on the evening of the concert at 6:50pm (free to ticket holders).