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Details
St Martin's Church
132 Mortimer Road
Kensal Green
London
NW10 5SN
England
Tickets
Prices: £15 / £12 (students and over 60s) / £6 (under 18s)
Book Tickets
Programme
Ottorino Respighi – The Pines of Rome
Jean Sibelius – 2 Pieces from Kuolema, Op.44
Einojuhani Rautavaara – Cantus Arcticus (Concerto for Birds and Orchestra)
Zoltán Kodály – Variations on a Hugarian Folksong: The Peacock
Performers
Levon Parikian – Conductor
Malgorzata Zwierzchowska – Leader
Programme Note
Join us for a special celebration of music inspired by birds.
Kodaly's "Variations on the Peacock" is based on an ancient Hungarian melody which was only re-discovered in 1937.
Einojuhani Rautavaara subtitled his Cantus Arcticus with "Concerto for Birds and Orchestra".
Kuolema is incidental music to a play of the same name written by Arvid Järnefelt. We are playing the "Valse triste" (the most performed of the set) and "Scene with Cranes", which wasn't published until 16 years after his death.
Our finale is the spectacular tone poem "The Pines of Rome", which takes us on a tour around Rome drawing inspiration not just from the pine trees in the title, but also playing children, graveyards, and (of course) birds.
