Uploaded February 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Gregory Fritze's _London Overture_ was composed especially for the London Symphony Orchestra for this recording. It is a programmatic trip through the city of London with many of its various districts, characteristics and moods. From the opening measures the listener hears the hustle and bustle of central London’s business district with the crowded streets of people rushing around in all directions and the traffic – sometimes moving and sometimes stopping suddenly. Then one walks through a more tranquil and “cool” area of the city, represented by the horns, then cellos and violas. A brass fanfare announces our arrival at Buckingham Palace, with all the pomp and circumstance. We then travel to an old distinguished area with centuries-old architecture where we hear a fugue in Baroque style. The excursion continues through one of the world’s most diverse and exciting cities, to the end of the overture.
Gregory Fritze: London Overture (2022)
Performer:
London Symphony Orchestra
Rafael Sanz-Espert, Conductor
*FRITZE, G.: Overtures and Symphonies*
Prize-winning composer Gregory Fritze has written over a hundred compositions for a variety of forces, and is also a greatly admired teacher. The four works on this album share programmatic perspectives. The city of London is evoked in a celebratory overture full of vitality, diversity and pageantry; the two symphonies reflect Fritze’s immersion in the warmth, landscape and festive excitement of the city of Valencia; and the overture Waterplace Park, a popular meeting place in Providence, Rhode Island, is a jovial piece that features five unusual instrumental soloists.
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Gregory Fritze's _London Overture_ was composed especially for the London Symphony Orchestra for this recording. It is a programmatic trip through the city of London with many of its various districts, characteristics and moods. From the opening measures the listener hears the hustle and bustle of central London’s business district with the crowded streets of people rushing around in all directions and the traffic – sometimes moving and sometimes stopping suddenly. Then one walks through a more tranquil and “cool” area of the city, represented by the horns, then cellos and violas. A brass fanfare announces our arrival at Buckingham Palace, with all the pomp and circumstance. We then travel to an old distinguished area with centuries-old architecture where we hear a fugue in Baroque style. The excursion continues through one of the world’s most diverse and exciting cities, to the end of the overture.
Gregory Fritze: London Overture (2022)
Performer:
London Symphony Orchestra
Rafael Sanz-Espert, Conductor
*FRITZE, G.: Overtures and Symphonies*
Prize-winning composer Gregory Fritze has written over a hundred compositions for a variety of forces, and is also a greatly admired teacher. The four works on this album share programmatic perspectives. The city of London is evoked in a celebratory overture full of vitality, diversity and pageantry; the two symphonies reflect Fritze’s immersion in the warmth, landscape and festive excitement of the city of Valencia; and the overture Waterplace Park, a popular meeting place in Providence, Rhode Island, is a jovial piece that features five unusual instrumental soloists.
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