APO plays the Are You Listening? Festival 2019
A small string ensemble from APO played the 2019 Are You Listening? Festival on Saturday 27th April. It’s the first time a classical act has been invited to play at Reading’s award-winning multi-venue charity music festival, and we opened proceedings at St. Laurence Church with a set of increasingly folk-inspired music, starting with movements from Grieg’s Holberg Suite, then moving on to some of Warlock’s Capriol Suite, before finishing with the whole of Holst’s St. Paul’s Suite.
Credit: Jon Mo Photography
We were bowled over by the response from an enthusiastic and engaged crowd – a very different experience to playing a formal concert, with the audience standing so close to the players, and many dancing along to the music. Thanks so much to the organisers for inviting us – we had a blast!