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Worthing Symphony Orchestra
Part of the Worthing Symphony Orchestra 2015-16 Season
Add to my Calendar 15-05-2016 14:45 15-05-2016 16:45 36 Fantastical Images A spectacular concert to close the season with a welcome return from Arta Arnicane, winner of the First Sussex International Piano Competition, in Ravel's jazz-inspired display concerto written ‘in the spirit of Mozart and Saint-Saëns’ with more than a nod to Gershwin. The concert opens with Wagner's extraordinary depiction of the Valkyries – an imagery given a new twist in the film Apocalypse Now. Ravel's orchestration of Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition is a tour-de-force and concludes with the splendidly sonorous 'Great Gate of Kiev’. The Assembly Hall, Worthing DD/MM/YYYYDetails
The Assembly Hall
Stoke Abbott Road
Worthing
West Sussex
BN11 1HQ
England
Programme
Richard Wagner – Die Walküre, WWV 86B: Ride of the Valkyries
Modest Mussorgsky – Pictures at an Exhibition
William Alwyn – Piano Concerto no.1
Maurice Ravel – Piano Concerto in G major
Performers
Arta Arnicane – piano
John Gibbons – Conductor
Worthing Symphony Orchestra
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Programme Note
A spectacular concert to close the season with a welcome return from Arta Arnicane, winner of the First Sussex International Piano Competition, in Ravel's jazz-inspired display concerto written ‘in the spirit of Mozart and Saint-Saëns’ with more than a nod to Gershwin. The concert opens with Wagner's extraordinary depiction of the Valkyries – an imagery given a new twist in the film Apocalypse Now. Ravel's orchestration of Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition is a tour-de-force and concludes with the splendidly sonorous 'Great Gate of Kiev’.
