Southampton Youth Orchestra's first concert of the 25-26 season!

Southampton Youth Orchestra gave their first concert of the 25-26 season on 30 November and what a concert it was!

The concert opened with the popular Finlandia overture by Sibelius,  Under the baton of assistant conductor Charlie Mann, the orchestra gave a performance that was full of drama.

Continuing under director, Kevin Withell, this was followed by the Elgar Cello Concerto performed by BBC Young Musician of the Year finalist, Ellen Baumring-Gledhill.

Ellen gave a beautiful poetic performance which was sympathetically accompanied by the orchestra.  The concert concluded with a rousing and characterful performance of Brahm's First Symphony. 

An outstanding concert that a professional orchestra would have been proud of.

Many congratulations to all involved on this amazing performance!