BBC SSO 2018/19: Holst's 'The Planets'
- THIS EVENT HAS EXPIRED
- Tickets
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£28.00, £23.50, £19.50 & £14.00£14.00 to £28.00
- Dates and times
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6th Dec 2018
7:30PM - 9:30PM
- Age
- Under 16s must be accompanied by an adult.
- Venue
Season Ticket bookings available from 22/03/18
General Ticket bookings available 30/04/18
In the summer of 1914, Gustav Holst heard the ominous rhythms of approaching war – just as, in 1939, Benjamin Britten sensed storm clouds gathering over the Age of Anxiety. But there’s more to Holst’s The Planets than the thunder of Mars, and there’s more to Britten’s Violin Concerto than a glittering act of defiance written under the shadow of conflict. The Canadian virtuoso James Ehnes has both the skill and the emotional insight to explore every facet of this great British concerto, while guest conductor James Feddeck offers a compellingly fresh angle on Holst’s musical journey into the infinite. Barber’s wartime Second Essay, meanwhile, sets the terms of engagement with an eloquence that can’t be ignored.
Prelude: 6.45pm in the Recital Room
Dr Kate Kennedy, author of Literary Britten, introduces the composer’s Violin Concerto.
Barber
Second Essay for Orchestra
Britten
Violin Concerto
Holst
The Planets*
James Ehnes violin
Les Sirènes*
James Feddeck conductor
Concert ends at approx. 9.30pm
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