Women's Words and Voices with the 成人快手 Concert Orchestra

9 Mar 2022, Southbank Centre, London

19:30 Wed 9 Mar 2022 Next Event

成人快手 Concert Orchestra 2021 - 22 Southbank Centre Season Women's Words and Voices with the 成人快手 Concert Orchestra

19:30 Wed 9 Mar 2022 Queen Elizabeth Hall

Principal Conductor Bramwell Tovey leads us in a programme featuring contemporary classical music, written and inspired by women composers and poets.

Programme

- - Shirley Thompson
  - Wildfire
- - Hannah Kendall
  - The Spark Catchers
- - David Knotts
  - The Alabaster Chambers (Concerto for Guitar and Orchestra)World Premiere
- - Debbie Wiseman
  - WildeSuite
- - George Fenton
  - Shadowlands
- - Rachel Portman
  - EmmaClosing titles
- - Bryce Dessner
  - Voy a dormir1. Yo en elfondo del mar 2. Dulce Tortura 3. Faro en la Noche 4. Voy a Dormir

Performers

Tara Venditti
mezzo soprano
mezzo soprano
Craig Ogden
guitar
guitar
Bramwell Tovey
conductor
conductor
成人快手 Concert Orchestra
Nina Wadia
presenter
presenter

Composers

Concert Information

Principal Conductor Bramwell Tovey leads us in a programme featuring contemporary classical music, written and inspired by women composers and poets.

Emily Dickinson has long been an influence on Knotts and early in his career he set her poem 鈥業 shall keep singing!鈥� to music. Now this admiration finds expression in a concerto composed for superstar guitarist Craig Ogden, which he plays for an audience for the first time this evening.

Mezzo-soprano Tara Venditti performs Bryce Dessner鈥檚 song cycle, Voy a Dormir, using four poems by the trailblazing Argentine writer Alfonsina Storni.

We also celebrate some of the trailblazing female composers in film music, including performances of Debbie Wiseman鈥檚 soundtrack from 鈥榃ilde鈥� and Rachel Portman鈥檚鈥楨mma鈥�.

The concert is presented and features poetry readings by award winning actress, Nina Wadia.

Part of

成人快手 Concert Orchestra 2021 - 22 Southbank Centre Season