Edinburgh Philharmonic Orchestra: Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho at Canongate Kirk, Edinburgh on Saturday 28th October 2023

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Edinburgh Philharmonic Orchestra: Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho

Add to my Calendar 28-10-2023 19:30 28-10-2023 21:30 36 Edinburgh Philharmonic Orchestra: Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho "Artistic Director Matthew Shiel shone" (⭐⭐⭐⭐ThisWeek Culture) Get ready for a spooktacular night as the Edinburgh Philharmonic Orchestra takes the stage for a bone-chilling Halloween concert inspired by Alfred Hitchcock and his iconic horror film Psycho (1959) with a thrilling orchestral suite adapted and arranged for orchestra by its film composer Bernard Herrman. Tonight's programme also features two of the most horrifying pieces in the classical music repertoire: Anton Webern's Movement V and Beethoven's Funeral March. Beethoven's funeral march is often played at at notable state funerals, memorial services, and commemorations (including American Presidents J.F. Kennedy and Franklin D. Roosevelt). Meanwhile, Webern's radical use of atonal and twelve-tone techniques provides a chilling and unsettling atmosphere for our musical celebration of Halloween. Canongate Kirk, Edinburgh DD/MM/YYYY

Details

Canongate Kirk
153 Canongate
Edinburgh
EH8 8BN
Scotland

Saturday 28th October 2023
7:30 PM

Programme

Anton Webern – 5 Movements, Op.5
Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony no.3 in E flat major 'Eroica', Op.55
~ Interval ~
Bernard Herrmann – Psycho: Orchestral Suite

Performers

Matthew Shiel – Conductor

Edinburgh Philharmonic Orchestra

Programme Note

"Artistic Director Matthew Shiel shone" (⭐⭐⭐⭐ThisWeek Culture)

Get ready for a spooktacular night as the Edinburgh Philharmonic Orchestra takes the stage for a bone-chilling Halloween concert inspired by Alfred Hitchcock and his iconic horror film Psycho (1959) with a thrilling orchestral suite adapted and arranged for orchestra by its film composer Bernard Herrman.

Tonight's programme also features two of the most horrifying pieces in the classical music repertoire: Anton Webern's Movement V and Beethoven's Funeral March.

Beethoven's funeral march is often played at at notable state funerals, memorial services, and commemorations (including American Presidents J.F. Kennedy and Franklin D. Roosevelt). Meanwhile, Webern's radical use of atonal and twelve-tone techniques provides a chilling and unsettling atmosphere for our musical celebration of Halloween.

Edinburgh Philharmonic Orchestra: Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho

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