MSO Concert 3: Love, Death and "Great Terror" at Mote Hall, Maidstone on Saturday 2nd February 2019

Please note: This concert is in the past and has already taken place.

MSO Concert 3: Love, Death and "Great Terror"

Part of the 108th Season Maidstone Symphony Orchestra

Add to my Calendar 02-02-2019 19:30 02-02-2019 21:30 36 MSO Concert 3: Love, Death and "Great Terror" We may all be emotional wrecks by the end of this concert! The acclaimed soprano, April Fredrick, sings Richard Strauss’s highly charged, yet beautifully poised, Four Last Songs. She also joins MSO in our glorious opener in which Wagner encapsulates the essence of his opera Tristan and Isolde. The 5th Symphony was the make-or-break work for Shostakovich. Written in 1937 in the midst of Stalin’s “Great Terror”, its dual sense of optimism and tragedy both placated diehards of the Soviet regime and gave comfort to the oppressed. Pre-concert talksSteve Migden presents Free Pre-concert talks before each concert from 6.40-7.10pm Steve has been a professional musician and educator since arriving from the USA in 1965 to study horn at the Royal Academy of Music. He presents informative informal and 'fun' talks throughout Kent. He has served MSO as Principal Horn, MOS Chairman, and currently as an MOS Vice President.  Mote Hall, Maidstone DD/MM/YYYY

Details

Mote Hall
Mote Avenue
Maidstone Leisure Centre
Maidstone
Kent
ME15 7SU
England

Saturday 2nd February 2019
7:30 PM

Programme

Richard Wagner – Tristan and Isolde: Prelude and Liebestod
Richard Strauss – Four Last Songs, TrV 296
~ Interval ~
Dmitry Shostakovich – Symphony no.5 in D minor, Op.47

Performers

April Fredrick – soprano
Brian Wright – Conductor

Maidstone Symphony Orchestra

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Programme Note

We may all be emotional wrecks by the end of this concert! The acclaimed soprano, April Fredrick, sings Richard Strauss’s highly charged, yet beautifully poised, Four Last Songs. She also joins MSO in our glorious opener in which Wagner encapsulates the essence of his opera Tristan and Isolde. The 5th Symphony was the make-or-break work for Shostakovich. Written in 1937 in the midst of Stalin’s “Great Terror”, its dual sense of optimism and tragedy both placated diehards of the Soviet regime and gave comfort to the oppressed.

Pre-concert talks

Steve Migden presents Free Pre-concert talks before each concert from 6.40-7.10pm

Steve has been a professional musician and educator since arriving from the USA in 1965 to study horn at the Royal Academy of Music. He presents informative informal and 'fun' talks throughout Kent. He has served MSO as Principal Horn, MOS Chairman, and currently as an MOS Vice President.

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