Programme
Handel – Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
Bach – Air ‘on the G string’
Mozart – Salzburg Symphony No 2
Mozart – Piano Concerto No 12 in A
Beethoven – ‘Moonlight’ Sonata
Mozart – Divertimento in D
Pachelbel – Canon in D
Mozart – Eine kleine Nachtmusik
Belmont Ensemble of London
Costas Fotopoulos Piano
Peter G Dyson Conductor
Performers
The Belmont Ensemble of London was founded by its Musical Director, Peter Dyson in 1991, it is now one of the busiest and finest chamber orchestras in the capital.
The Belmont Ensemble was the pioneering force in establishing the famous series of baroque concerts at St Martin-in-the-Fields in the early 1990s and in 2012 the orchestra celebrated its 21st Birthday. They have now given over 500 concerts at the famous Trafalgar Square church attracting large international audiences to their regular concerts.
The orchestra was originally established to enable exceptional music graduates the opportunity to bridge the gap between leaving conservatoire and finding full-time employment, within a professional environment. Now a seasoned fixture on the London musical scene, the orchestra receives no subsidies or sponsorship, relying purely on enterprising programming and box office receipts.
The Belmont Ensemble is a highly flexible group with a dedicated core of string players for baroque music; it can adapt to encompass forces for large romantic concertos and choral works, to contemporary commissions.
