Venice San Marco (Image Charlotte Malik)

The Lambeth Wind Orchestra perform The Winged Lion - a Symphony of Venice - in Holy Spirit Church, Clapham in a programme that includes Gershwin and Holst

For further details visit the LWO website here https://www.lambethwindorchestra.org.uk

“Not short on colour, flamboyant flourish, contrast, reflection, passion and celebration, he explores the darker Machiavellian side [of Venice]: the hidden face behind the mask and the dungeons deep beneath the Doge’s palace across the Bridge of Sighs” (Guy Woolfenden, Winds) McNeff’s five movement homage to the City of the Winged Lion will extend some community bands but the rewards and delights far outweigh the challenge. A very important piece.

Giles Easterbrook

The Winged Lion is recorded by the Philhamonia a Vent conducted by Douglas Boyd and is available on the Clavier later and streaming on Apple Music https://music.apple.com/gb/album/bennett-r-reflections-on-a-16th-century-tune/333637208