Music Against Poverty

Event information

London Strings
Ezio Bosso conductor
Anup Kumar Biswas cello
Pupils from The Mathieson Music School, Calcutta, India

Puccini Chrysanthemi
Ezio Bosso Sea Song No. 9, Sea Rain (world premiere)
Haydn Cello Concerto No. 1 in C major
Barber Adagio for Strings
Ezio Bosso Sea Song No. 2, Sea Prayer
Tchaikovosky Serenade for Strings

Music Against Poverty returns to Mayfest for another musical celebration in aid of charity. Featuring London Strings, a new young and vibrant string orchestra made of the cream of London’s emerging talent producing deep and exciting interpretations of Romantic and contemporary works. Alongside much loved orchestral music they present new works by conductor and composer Ezio Bosso, whose style combines ‘avant garde’ techniques with ‘popular’ accessibility much praised by critics.

This concert is in support of the Mathieson Music Trust