Hector Berlioz
Walton ‘Crown Imperial’ 
Elgar ‘Sospiri’
Arnold Clarinet Concerto No. 2
Soloist Hale Hambleton
Berlioz ‘Symphonie Fantastique’
For 2012, the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee year, we open with Walton’s 1937 coronation march. The poignant ‘Sospiri’ (sighs) cools the mood, ready to be revived by Arnold’s jazzy concerto, originally written for Benny Goodman. In 1830 Berlioz took the musical world into new realms with his vivid picture of passionate but unrequited love that eventually turns into a wild nightmare.
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