Programme
- Symphony No. 6 in F major, 鈥楶astoral鈥�(46 mins)
- interval
- Saint Fran莽ois d'Assise(44 mins)Tableau Six: 'The Sermon to the Birds'
Performers
- Ryan Wigglesworthconductor
- Ashley Richesbass-baritone
- Nicky Spencetenor
Composers
Fresh. Chirpy. Invigorating.
鈥業 have always admired St Francis鈥e spoke to the birds, and I鈥檓 an ornithologist.鈥� For the dazzling, colourful score to his gargantuan opera based on the life of the saint, bird-lover Olivier Messiaen interweaves orchestral twitterings and chirpings into a tapestry of sound as glorious as the dawn chorus. Here鈥檚 a very rare chance to experience part of this extraordinary work with the 成人快手 SSO鈥檚 Chief Conductor, Ryan Wigglesworth, at the helm.
And is that a cuckoo we hear? Beethoven wasn鈥檛 above introducing the sounds of nature into his music, most famously in his popular Sixth Symphony. This ode to the natural world has a bracing, invigorating energy that鈥檚 bound to fill you with the joys of spring.
Tickets in the balcony have recently been released for this performance, originally off-sale due to logistics of staging Messiaen's work.
This concerts ends at approximately 9:30pm.