Maconchy, Walton and Vaughan Williams 1
Evocative portraits of night and the sea in an all-British programme: enigmatic Maconchy, meditative Walton, and awe-inspiring Vaughan Williams.
Conductor(s):
Sir Antonio Pappano conductor
Performer(s):
Rebecca Gilliver cello
Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha soprano
Will Liverman baritone
London Symphony Chorus
London Symphony Orchestra
Programme
Elizabeth Maconchy
Nocturne for Orchestra (7 mins)
William Walton
Cello Concerto (27 mins)
Interval
Ralph Vaughan Williams
A Sea Symphony (Symphony No 1) (63 mins)
About this event
The Music
Maconchy’s Nocturne is mysterious and dream-like, shifting gently and sometimes uneasily in its night-time landscape.
Walton’s Cello Concerto seems to inhabit the same musical universe. It starts with a ticking clock and ends by drifting into a reverie. In between is a restless, energetic sequence of thoughts before the calm of the finale.
Vaughan Williams’ First Symphony is his most immense, and is appropriately awestruck by the power of the sea. Through the orchestration and Walt Whitman’s poetry, the sea is given one of its most richly coloured portraits.
The Performers
The LSO embraces the variety of this rich programme, joined by three top-class soloists, including the LSO’s own Principal Cello Rebecca Gilliver, and the London Symphony Chorus.
Venue details
Barbican Hall
Barbican Centre, Silk Street, City of London, EC2Y 8DS England, United Kingdom
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