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Summer Nights

Part of the Three Choirs Festival Gloucester 2019

Add to my Calendar 01-08-2019 17:45 01-08-2019 19:45 36 Summer Nights Our orchestra-in-residence presents three visionary orchestral pieces under the assured baton of Martyn Brabbins, beginning with Stravinsky’s sparkling Firebird Suite, as fresh and invigorating today as it was a century ago. Brimming over with savage emotional intensity, Walton’s ferociously compelling First Symphony concludes the concert, while Berlioz’s Les nuits d’été – despite its innocuous title – explores a life cycle of love and loss. Gloucester Cathedral, Gloucester DD/MM/YYYY

Details

Gloucester Cathedral
College Green
Gloucester
Gloucestershire
GL1 2LX
England

Programme

Igor Stravinsky – The Firebird Suite, 1919: Finale
Hector Berlioz – Les nuits d'été, Op.7 H81
William Walton – Symphony no.1 in B flat minor

Performers

Kathryn Rudge – soprano
 Martyn Brabbins – Conductor

Philharmonia Orchestra

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Programme Note

Our orchestra-in-residence presents three visionary orchestral pieces under the assured baton of Martyn Brabbins, beginning with Stravinsky’s sparkling Firebird Suite, as fresh and invigorating today as it was a century ago. Brimming over with savage emotional intensity, Walton’s ferociously compelling First Symphony concludes the concert, while Berlioz’s Les nuits d’été – despite its innocuous title – explores a life cycle of love and loss.

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