RTWSO: Celebrating Vaughan Williams at 150: Royal Tunbridge Wells Symphony Orchestra at Assembly Hall Theatre, Tunbridge Wells on Sunday 6th November 2022

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RTWSO: Celebrating Vaughan Williams at 150

Royal Tunbridge Wells Symphony Orchestra

Add to my Calendar 06-11-2022 15:00 06-11-2022 17:00 36 RTWSO: Celebrating Vaughan Williams at 150 Our November programme sees guest conductor George Vass presenting a lively and entertaining programme which acknowledges two key events. The 150th anniversary of British composer Ralph Vaughan Williams is marked by the performance of two of his well-known works, Symphony No. 5 and Serenade to Music (Orchestral version). In addition, the vibrant Three Elizabeths Suite by Eric Coates celebrates our late Queen’s Platinum Jubilee year. Long recognised as a great champion of contemporary music, George also conducts the orchestral premier of the short tone poem Yuki-Onna by local composer Philip Le Bas. Yuki-Onna (Snow Woman) is a traditional ghost story widely known in Japan, and Philip’s tone poem for orchestra developed from a cross-cultural project to create a melodrama for piano solo and spoken voice, which was performed in Northern Japan in 2019. Assembly Hall Theatre, Tunbridge Wells DD/MM/YYYY

Details

Assembly Hall Theatre
Crescent Road
Tunbridge Wells
Kent
TN1 2LU
England

Sunday 6th November 2022
3:00 PM

Programme

Ralph Vaughan Williams – Serenade to Music
Philip Le Bas – Yuki-Onna (Tone Poem)
Eric Coates – The Three Elizabeths Suite
Ralph Vaughan Williams – Symphony no.5 in D major

Performers

George Vass – Conductor

Royal Tunbridge Wells Symphony Orchestra

Programme Note

Our November programme sees guest conductor George Vass presenting a lively and entertaining programme which acknowledges two key events. The 150th anniversary of British composer Ralph Vaughan Williams is marked by the performance of two of his well-known works, Symphony No. 5 and Serenade to Music (Orchestral version). In addition, the vibrant Three Elizabeths Suite by Eric Coates celebrates our late Queen’s Platinum Jubilee year.

Long recognised as a great champion of contemporary music, George also conducts the orchestral premier of the short tone poem Yuki-Onna by local composer Philip Le Bas. Yuki-Onna (Snow Woman) is a traditional ghost story widely known in Japan, and Philip’s tone poem for orchestra developed from a cross-cultural project to create a melodrama for piano solo and spoken voice, which was performed in Northern Japan in 2019.

Royal Tunbridge Wells Symphony Orchestra

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