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Huntingdonshire Philharmonic Choral and Orchestral Concert
Russian Romantics and Revolutionaries Season
Part of the Russian Romantics and Revolutionaries Theme
Add to my Calendar 25-03-2017 19:30 25-03-2017 21:30 36 Huntingdonshire Philharmonic Choral and Orchestral Concert 2017 marks the Centenary of the Russian Revolution and the 40th Anniversary of the founding of Huntingdonshire Philharmonic – hence the idea of a ‘Russian Romantics and Revolutionaries Season.’ This concert will be the second in the series. Guest Conductor : Lee Dunleavy There is a pre-concert introductory talk for ticket holders at 6.30pm. Follow the flight of the wicked witch, Baba Yaga, in Liadov’s tone poem as she sets off through the skies swooping over the Russian forests on her pestle and mortar. Marvel at Grechaninov’s deeply Russian choral music in his setting of the text from three psalms. Wonder at Rachmaninov’s magnificent Symphony No. 2. This feast of Russian music is not to be missed! Hinchingbrooke Performing Arts Centre, Huntingdon DD/MM/YYYYDetails
Hinchingbrooke Performing Arts Centre
Brampton Road
Huntingdon
Cambridgeshire
PE29 3BN
England
Programme
Sergei Rachmaninov – Symphony no.2 in E minor, Op.27
Anatoly Lyadov – Baba Yaga, Op.56
Alexander Gretchaninov – Kvalite Boga, Op.65
Performers
Lee Dunleavy – Conductor
Huntingdonshire Philharmonic Society
Programme Note
2017 marks the Centenary of the Russian Revolution and the 40th Anniversary of the founding of Huntingdonshire Philharmonic – hence the idea of a ‘Russian Romantics and Revolutionaries Season.’ This concert will be the second in the series.
Guest Conductor : Lee Dunleavy
There is a pre-concert introductory talk for ticket holders at 6.30pm.
Follow the flight of the wicked witch, Baba Yaga, in Liadov’s tone poem as she sets off through the skies swooping over the Russian forests on her pestle and mortar. Marvel at Grechaninov’s deeply Russian choral music in his setting of the text from three psalms. Wonder at Rachmaninov’s magnificent Symphony No. 2. This feast of Russian music is not to be missed!
