The Horsham Symphony Orchestra

• "Very impressive."
• "Excellent – not aficionados of music but we really enjoyed the performance. They were serious committed musicians and the conductor was wonderful. The soloist was fantastic. Shostakovich amazing. Enjoyed the performance – the Shostakovich was particularly Russian in texture."
• "Thrilling – we’re exhausted! What commitment we could not have enjoyed this evening’s concert more if we were at the RFH. Thank you."

Our next concert is on Sunday 28 March 2010 3pm

The Horsham Symphony Orchestra performs a selection of English and Russian music at their Spring concert. Andrew Meredith, principal clarinettist of the HSO performs Finzi’s melodic Clarinet Concerto alongside two orchestral masterpieces from the Russian romantic repertoire. The concert will also showcase compositions by AS and A level students from Collyer’s College in Horsham.

• Mussorgsky - A Night on the Bare Mountain
• Collyer's Students - New compositions
• Finzi - Concerto for Clarinet in C Minor, Op.31 with Andrew Meredith
• Rimsky-Korsakov - Capriccio Espagnol

Town should be proud of having such a fantastic Orchestra

The Capitol Horsham, 21 November 2009
Violinist Madeleine Easton
Conductor Steve Dummer

Four years ago I was writing a paean of praise to the musicians of Horsham for transforming several bleak November evenings into memorable, sell-out performances. Then it was Jesus Christ Superstar from HAODS and a wonderfully colourful programme – Sibelius, Rodrigo and Elgar - from the HSO.

This November we have had a superb run of Fiddler on the Roof from HAODS, followed by a stunning evening of Beethoven and Shostakovich from the HSO under their charismatic conductor, Steve Dummer.

And again, the Capitol was sold out! What an amazing achievement and how incredibly lucky we are in Horsham to have such wonderful and dedicated groups of musicians.

The programme began with Beethoven’s sublime violin concerto, played with beautiful line and lyrical charm by Madeleine Easton, who is – amongst other things – concertmaster of the renowned Hanover Band. Her understanding of the work was apparent from the start: not for her the “me versus them” attitude of some violin virtuosi, but a dialogue throughout, with a particularly lovely second movement leading to a splendidly exuberant Rondo. Steve Dummer accompanied throughout with a relaxed but watchful baton, never losing contact with his soloist.