NYOS Junior Orchestra Spring Concert

The wonderful young musicians who we have worked with over the past two years have shown great resilience, creativity, and ambition in the face of unprecedented challenge and change. They now make their long-awaited return to the concert platform in a vibrant musical celebration of works from across the globe.

From the Slavic dances that honour the noble heroes of Russia’s past in the finale to Borodin’s Symphony no.2 to the frenzied, joyful streets of Latin America in Marquez’s Conga del Fuego Nuevo, to the Finnish folk music that inspired Sibelius’ Karelia Suite. We pause for thought during Florence Price’s tone poem – The Oak, a dark, unsettled work at turns melancholic and agitated, a chance to reflect