Symphony of Psalms at Hereford Cathedral, Hereford on Friday 3rd August 2018

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Symphony of Psalms

Part of the Three Choirs Festival 2018

Add to my Calendar 03-08-2018 19:45 03-08-2018 21:45 36 Symphony of Psalms The sparkling dance rhythms in Ravel’s elegantly neoclassical suite belie the sombre dedication of each movement to a friend who had died in the First World War. Although as a woman she was excluded from the fighting, Lili Boulanger also saw the extreme toll of war and composed the touching Psalm 130 with its dark harmonies as a heart-breaking lament to loss of hope. Stravinsky’s Symphony of Psalms, also deeply moving, maps a journey from keening sinfulness to redemption and ferocious exaltation.  Hereford Cathedral, Hereford DD/MM/YYYY

Details

Hereford Cathedral
Cathedral Close
Hereford
Herefordshire
HR1 2NG
England

Friday 3rd August 2018
7:45 PM

Programme

Maurice Ravel – Le tombeau de Couperin (arr. Linos Piano Trio)
Lili Boulanger – Psaume CXXX
William Walton – Viola Concerto
Igor Stravinsky – Symphony of Psalms

Performers

Anna Harvey – soprano
Magnus Walker – Tenor
Timothy Ridout – viola
Adrian Partington – Conductor

Three Choirs Festival Chorus
Philharmonia Orchestra

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Programme Note

The sparkling dance rhythms in Ravel’s elegantly neoclassical suite belie the sombre dedication of each movement to a friend who had died in the First World War. Although as a woman she was excluded from the fighting, Lili Boulanger also saw the extreme toll of war and composed the touching Psalm 130 with its dark harmonies as a heart-breaking lament to loss of hope. Stravinsky’s Symphony of Psalms, also deeply moving, maps a journey from keening sinfulness to redemption and ferocious exaltation.

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