Merrye Olde Englande – Nicely Updated

It’s a tour through The Olde Countrye, starting clear back in the Baroque with music of Henry Purcell’s Abdelazer, which so enraptured Benjamin Britten that he created his famous Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra based on the opening theme. Then a stroll through the lovely countryside with Two English Idylls by George Butterworth before stepping on the gangplank of the H.M.S. Pinafore for the Overture to this Gilbert & Sullivan favorite. Finally, a stirring new guitar concerto by Richard Harvey written for John Williams that draws on the best of the British musical legacy. Harvey’s Concerto Antico performed by Colorado guitarist David VanderHamm will have you smiling the whole way through.

Tickets can be purchased through http://www.augustanaarts.org/concerts.html