LCO Four Elements season - Earth: London City Orchestra presents Janacek and Mahler at St John's Church, London on Saturday 4th April 2020

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LCO Four Elements season - Earth

London City Orchestra presents Janacek and Mahler

Part of the LCO Four Elements, 2020 Season

Add to my Calendar 04-04-2020 19:30 04-04-2020 21:30 36 LCO Four Elements season - Earth Join London City Orchestra for the third of our 'Four Elements' season and enjoy a lively programme of earth-inspired pieces.The concert opens with Janacek’s “The Cunning Little Vixen  Suite”, the opera’s first act reworked for orchestra. The tale is one of a vixen Sharp-Ears living surrounded by forest, nature and faune. Sharp-Ears is captured by a forester, but then flees after bringing much disruption to its fellow captivity companions.   The concert continues and ends with the wonderful Symphony Number 4 by Mahler, centred around a song composed earlier by Mahler, “Das himmlische Leben”, which presents a child’s vision of Heaven. The symphony explores several deep topics such as nature, mountains, animals, humanity, love, life and death. The second movement depicts  the contrast between Earth and hell, and is followed by a beautiful finale exploring the contrast between Earth and heaven.   Programme: Janacek The Cunning Little Vixen Suite Mahler Symphony No 4 Conductor: James Ham Soloist: Suzanne Fischer St John's Church, London DD/MM/YYYY

Details

St John's Church
73 Waterloo Road
Waterloo
London
SE1 8TY
England

Saturday 4th April 2020
7:30 PM

Programme

Leoš Janáček – The Cunning Little Vixen Suite (arr. Václav Talich)
Gustav Mahler – Symphony no.4 in G major

Performers

Suzanne Fischer – soprano

London City Orchestra

Programme Note

Join London City Orchestra for the third of our 'Four Elements' season and enjoy a lively programme of earth-inspired pieces.

The concert opens with Janacek’s “The Cunning Little Vixen Suite”, the opera’s first act reworked for orchestra. The tale is one of a vixen Sharp-Ears living surrounded by forest, nature and faune. Sharp-Ears is captured by a forester, but then flees after bringing much disruption to its fellow captivity companions.

The concert continues and ends with the wonderful Symphony Number 4 by Mahler, centred around a song composed earlier by Mahler, “Das himmlische Leben”, which presents a child’s vision of Heaven. The symphony explores several deep topics such as nature, mountains, animals, humanity, love, life and death. The second movement depicts the contrast between Earth and hell, and is followed by a beautiful finale exploring the contrast between Earth and heaven.

Programme:

Janacek The Cunning Little Vixen Suite
Mahler Symphony No 4

Conductor: James Ham

Soloist: Suzanne Fischer

London City Orchestra's anniversary concert

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