Scarborough Orchestra November Concert

About this event

Scarborough Orchestra November Concert is on Saturday 21 November 2026 at Queen Street Methodist Central Hall, Scarborough, with doors at 18:15. Entry is free, booked through the official seller.

Shaun Matthew Conductor Wissam Boustany Flute ​ GEORGE BUTTERWORTH A Shropshire Lad Rhapsody for Orchestra ​​ GERALD FINZI The Fall of the Leaf, Op.20 ​​​ DAVID HEATH Ascencion Concerto for Flute & Orchestra ​​ FLORENCE PRICE Symphony No.3 in C minor Welcome to the opening concert of the season. We open with George Butterworth’s A Shropshire Lad Rhapsody, inspired by A. E. Housman’s poetry collection of the same name. Drawing upon themes from Butterworth’s own songs, particularly Loveliest of Trees, the work is pastoral, elegiac, and deeply poignant. Written before the First World War, it later became inseparably associated with the tragedy of that conflict following Butterworth’s death on the Somme at just 31 years of age. Gerald Finzi’s The Fall of the Leaf (Elegy), Op. 20, continues the programme’s atmosphere of reflection and lyricism. Evoking the beauty of the English countryside, the work combines warmth and serenity with quiet melancholy. Left incomplete at Finzi’s death and later completed by Howard Ferguson, it remains one of his most intimate and heartfelt orchestral works. We are proud to present the world première of Ascension, a Concerto...