Hauntingly beautiful and compellingly emotional, Britten’s Serenade is an insightful and imaginative setting of poems which span five centuries of English verse, united under a loosely connecting theme of evening, the night-time and sleep. The music is immediately gripping, the tenor's penetrating vocal lines matched in spades by the wonderful horn calls. It is without question a genuine masterwork of the 20th century.
Mozart’s Symphony No.39 opens grandly, with a darkly dramatic introduction in which orchestral texture and harmonic dissonance increase to near breaking point. This...
One of the most impressive calling cards in the history of music, The Firebird is a work of such brilliance that it could only have been written by Stravinsky, mixing the orchestral mastery of his Russian mentors with the rhythmic vitality of the revolutionary about to burst out of his shell. The musical language shifts between exotic, chromatic gestures to illustrate the supernatural dimension and the sing-song simplicity of folk song for the mortals creating a dazzling, evocative atmosphere.
A Moorish exoticism is also present in de Falla’s set of symphonic impressions of the...
See in the New Year in style with Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra’s traditional celebration of Johann Strauss, the King of Waltz. Don’t miss your chance to hear his waltzes, marches and polkas as they should be heard – played by a full symphony orchestra! Following on from his hugely successful debut at the BSO with the New Year Gala in 2013, the Orchestra is delighted to welcome back charming Viennese conductor Aleksandar Marković for what is sure to be a festive afternoon looking towards the excitement of the New Year. He will be joined by stunning soprano Rebecca Bottone.
Kick off Christmas with our fun-packed concert for all the family, featuring seasonal classics old and new, all wrapped up with a sprinkling of magic and sparkle. A rollercoaster of Christmas favourites lies in store, including Jingle Bells, White Christmas, Sleigh Ride, Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas and It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year.
All this plus a selection of popular songs from the best of West End and Broadway musicals, including Beauty & the Beast, Gypsy Overture, The Girl from 14G, Phantom of the Opera, West Side Story, Chess and Company.
The incidental music for The Tempest, the tone poem Tapiola and the Seventh Symphony were Sibelius’ last significant compositions. Possibly the most ambitious and extraordinary symphonies in the repertoire – a work of great confidence and affirmation – the Seventh is more a sort of giant rondo. Comprising one seamless flow of thematic development it builds from a few melodic scraps towards a final upward sweep and trombone hymn that seems to reach out to infinity.
Contrastingly, Tapiola is dusky, mysterious and brooding – evoking the god of the forest and a seemingly endless...
With references to the brilliant warmth and light of Italy and the rugged grandeur of the Cornish coast, Elgar’s Second Symphony is far more complex and deeply personal than his First. Riddled with doubts, questioning and conflict it reflects not only the true spirit of the age but also the personality of the composer as it meanders from extrovert exuberance to melancholy introversion.
Elgar himself stated that “I have written out my soul”. In this most lyrical, poetic and fantastical of his concertos, Beethoven does not abandon Mozartian concerto form but imbues it with a...
On Saturday 5th December this year, La La Choirs will perform ‘CLIC for Christmas’ at Exeter Cathedral in aid of CLIC Sargent, the UK’s leading cancer charity for children and young people.
As well as performances by La La Choirs, we are thrilled to have Rebecca Newman joining us ( www.rebeccanewman.co.uk ) - Rebecca's album 'Dare To Dream' shot straight to number 1 in the classical charts and she has performed with the likes of Russell Watson and Alfie Boe. We also have two acts who have themselves been supported by CLIC Sargent and The Park Community school choir...
Chudleigh Community Choir will be performing a varied programme of songs at their Autumn Concert in Chudleigh Parish Church on Sunday 22nd November, starting at 3pm. The choir, under their new Musical Director, Jane Anderson-Brown, will sing spirituals, part songs, protest songs and ‘something from the sea’. They will be accompanied on the piano by Janet Williams. There will be a guest appearance by Esme Rowe, the talented young singer who won Chudleigh’s Got Talent in July 2015. The concert is expected to last around an hour and will be followed by refreshments.
Songs and ballads form a unique connection between the past and the world in which we now live. Engagement with popular songs, whether by singing or listening, is an important part of life today, just as it was in the past, and music forms a central element in the cultural legacy we leave for future generations. Work and play, war and peace, love and loss, crime and punishment – all these aspects of human existence are preserved in the songs people sang as part of their daily lives. This event offers a musical exploration of songs from the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries. Come and join us...
La La Choirs are hosting a Christmas Concert at Exeter Cathedral on Saturday 5th December to raise money for CLIC Sargent, who support children and young people with cancer, and their families.
As well as performances from La La Choirs, we are thrilled to be joined by Rebecca Newman, originally from Exmouth she has been dubbed the 'People's Soprano' when she shot to fame recently with number 1 album in the Classical charts.
We will also be joined by a school choir, who will be the winners of our Devonwide secondary schools competition. The final of the...
