Sir Andrew Davis conducts Tippett, Szymanowski and Debussy

17 Apr 2019, Barbican, London

19:30 Wed 17 Apr 2019 Next Event

成人快手 Symphony Orchestra & Chorus 2018-19 Season Sir Andrew Davis conducts Tippett, Szymanowski and Debussy

19:30 Wed 17 Apr 2019 Barbican, London

A triptych of 20th century works by Debussy, Tippett and Symanowski each floods their musical canvass with colour and sensation. Together they offer a vibrant, unusually sensual portrait of their age.

Programme

- - Michael Tippett
  - The Rose Lake
- - Karol Szymanowski
  - Violin Concerto No 1
- - Claude Debussy
  - Pell茅as et M茅lisandeSuite (UK premiere), arr. Altinoglu

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鈥楢 song without words for orchestra鈥�, Tippett鈥檚 final work was inspired by a lake in Senegal, flushed pink by the midday sun. The result is an ecstatic hymn to nature teeming with rhythmic energy and thick slashes of melody. Foremost Tippett specialist Sir Andrew Davis, conducts The Rose Lake alongside two other richly coloured works 鈥� the Suite from Debussy鈥檚 shadowy fairytale opera Pell茅as et M茅lisande, which receives its UK premiere here, and Szymanowski鈥檚 sumptuous Violin Concerto.

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成人快手 Symphony Orchestra & Chorus 2018-19 Season

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