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SUMMARY:The Music of Star Wars
DESCRIPTION:Spectacular. Iconic. Bring your lightsaber.\nWho’s on stage\nOur very own Royal Northern Sinfonia and Chorus of Royal Northern Sinfonia conducted by life-long film buff Stephen Bell. \nWhat they’re playing\nSome of the most extraordinary pieces of music ever written for cinema\, John Williams’ epic scores for Star Wars. \nNeed to know\nPrice: £13 – £49 \nRunning time: 2 hours\, with a 20 minute interval. \nAge: Children under 14 must be accompanied by \nMay the fourth be with you…\nCelebrate Star Wars day with a concert experience that’ll whisk you off to a galaxy far\, far away with all your favourite music from the series. If you think it sounds good in the cinema\, wait till you hear it played live! \nRecord breaker \nThe soundtrack to the original film (1977) is the best-selling symphonic album of all time. And it’s one of only a handful of scores that won every award going – Oscar\, Golden Globe\, Grammy and BAFTA – in it’s release year. \nJoin in the fun \nRoyal Northern Sinfonia love a bit of dressing up. You’ll spot Sith Lords\, Jedi\, and maybe even a Wookie in the orchestra\, join in the fun and dress up as your favourite character too.
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SUMMARY:Rossini’s Stabat Mater
DESCRIPTION:Wit. Grandeur. An opera in disguise.\nWho’s on stage\nNil Venditti is a real firecracker. So much so\, Royal Northern Sinfonia snapped her up as Principal Guest Conductor after two visits.  Tonight she’s joined on stage by four super soloists\, Royal Northern Sinfonia and Chorus of Royal Northern Sinfonia. \nWhat they’re playing\nIt’s high energy from the start with Rossini’s Overture to The Barber of Seville\, Mozart’s majestic Symphony No. 29 and then Rossini’s Stabat Mater. \nWhat you’ll hear\nGioachino Rossini Overture to The Barber of Seville (8’)\nWolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphony No. 29 (28’)\nGioachino Rossini Stabat Mater (61’) \nWho’s playing\nNil Venditti conductor\nSalome Jicia soprano\nMarianna Pizzolato mezzo-soprano\nKonu Kim tenor\nDevid Cecconi baritone\nTim Burke chorus director\nChorus of Royal Northern Sinfonia\nRoyal Northern Sinfonia \nWhat’s happening in the music?\nThink of Rossini and you think of comic operas\, impossibly fast-moving songs that are real tongue twisters\, and his trademark chirpy musical demeanour\, music that’s never without a smile. So it’s hard to imagine him writing music for a serious religious text\, but write it he did – managing to combine music that’s heartfelt and serious with his innate musical drama and soaring\, joyous melodies. Having said he’d never write another opera\, perhaps he did… he just called it something different. In this concert it’s accompanied by one of his madcap overtures plus a Mozart Symphony that squeezes drama\, elegance\, majesty and exhilaration into 25 minutes. \n \nThat’s all folks…\nIt’s amazing what you’ll find hidden away in Saturday morning cartoons. Take a trip down memory lane with this Loony Tunes cartoon classic – Bugs Bunny’s own take on Rossini’s overture\, The Rabbit of Seville.
URL:https://blog.alandotchin.com/event/rossinis-stabat-mater/
CATEGORIES:Classical,Concerts
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SUMMARY:Piano Greats – Jeneba Kanneh-Mason plays Bach\, Chopin and Debussy
DESCRIPTION:Reflective. Serene. A perfectly balanced afternoon.\nWho’s on stage\nJeneba Kanneh-Mason\, one of the seven Kanneh-Mason siblings who’ve wowed the world with their musical talents. \nWhat they’re playing\nEnjoy music that’s like an old friend\, like Bach’s Partita\, alongside new discoveries including William Grant Still’s beautiful\, hazy\, Summerland. \nWhat you’ll hear\n\nJohann Sebastian Bach Partita No. 5 (15’)\nLudwig van Beethoven Sonata No. 17 (25’)\nFrédéric Chopin Nocturne No. 7 (5’)\nFrédéric Chopin Nocturne No. 8 (6’)\nWilliam Grant Still Summerland (5’)\nClaude Debussy Prèlude Book 1:  La fille aux cheveux de lin (3’)\nClaude Debussy Prèlude Book 2: Bruyères (3’)\nFlorence Price Fantasie Nègre No. 1 (10’) \nWho’s playing it\n\nJeneba Kanneh-Mason piano \n\nWhat’s happening in the music?\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBach’s Partita No.5 is a torrent of gorgeous melody right from the off\, William Grant Still’s nostalgic Summerland takes the afternoon to a moment of reflection\, while Florence Price’s Fantasie Negre both chills and swells the heart\, its blues-inflected harmonies based on the spiritual Sinner Please Don’t Let This Harvest Pass. \n \nA Spiritual Transformed\n\nThat spiritual has been sung by countless singers and musicians. In today’s concert it’s adapted by composer Florence Price\, the first black woman to have composition premiered by a major American orchestra. In this video you’ll hear soprano Yolanda Rhodes sing the spiritual before the pianists take over with Florence Price’s version of it –  described by WQXR’s (a US radio station) James Bennet as ‘at times melancholy\, at others turbulent\, but always heartbreakingly beautiful.’
URL:https://blog.alandotchin.com/event/piano-greats-jeneba-kanneh-mason-plays-bach-chopin-and-debussy/
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