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Brighton Dome Concert Hall
Church Street
Brighton and Hove
East Sussex
BN1 1UD
England
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Programme
Arvo Pärt – La Sindone
Ralph Vaughan Williams – Sinfonia Antarctica (Symphony no.7)
Jonny Greenwood – Water
Jean Sibelius – The Swan of Tuonela, Op.22 no.2
Performers
Elizabeth Watts – Soprano
Bishi Bhattacharya – tanpura
Joanna MacGregor – Conductor
Kathy Hinde – visuals
Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra
Brighton Festival Chorus (women)
Other concerts in this Series (+)
Programme Note
Vaughan Williams’ Antarctic, Jonny Greenwood’s shimmering waters, frozen Sibelius and Arvo Pärt.
Exploration goes deep into the psyche. Vaughan Williams wrote a magnificent score for the 1948 film Scott of the Antarctic, then transformed it into his 7th symphony, Sinfonia antartica, five years later: a brooding work of genius. Man against implacable Nature had fascinated Vaughan Williams since the Sea Symphony of 1909 and his one-act opera of Synge’s Riders to the Sea in 1927. The expressive humanity in Scott’s doomed journey found its weight forty years later: music that’s uncanny and terrifying, as well as beautiful and rich. We’re joined by the exquisite lyric soprano Elizabeth Watts – whose highlights include the Last Night of the Proms, and performances with Sir Simon Rattle and Michael Tilson Thomas – and the ethereal female voices of Brighton Festival Chorus.
Arvo Pärt wrote La Sindone for the Turin Winter Olympics in 2006. Capturing the frozen image of Christ on the Turin Shroud, it’s startlingly dramatic as well as mysteriously fragile. Sibelius’ poetic Swan of Tuonela provides the bridge to Jonny Greenwood’s beautifully fluid work for strings, flutes and Indian tanpura, inspired by Philip Larkin’s poem Water. The groundbreaking pop artist Bishi joins us, and the remarkable filmmaker Kathy Hinde provides beautiful live visuals.
