Event Details
BBC SSO Thursday Night Series Volkov conducts Sibelius
City Halls : Grand Hall
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A typically thought-provoking programme of contrasts from Principal Guest Conductor Ilan Volkov.
The lush eroticism of Debussy’s late Saint Sebastian score is perfectly balanced by the austere, but deeply felt drama of Berlioz’s Death of Cleopatra. Julian Anderson’s short piece Eden looks back hauntingly to an earlier time, with its evocative memories of 16th century viol music. Sibelius’s music, on the other hand, is rich with the resonance of Finnish mythology, landscape and folk melody, and his stirring Second Symphony brims with national fervour.
Prelude: 6.45pm in the Recital Room
David Nice, writer, lecturer and broadcaster, sets the scene for our 1911 series starting with Le Martyre de Saint Sébastien.
There will be no Coda after this concert.
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Tickets: £23, £19, £16, £10
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