SOLD OUT. A small choir of professional singers will perform some of English choral music’s greatest works, from Tallis to renowned film composer Harry Escott, alongside a choral arrangement of Vaughan Williams’ sublime Lark Ascending with international violinist Jan Schmolck
See in the summer with Copland’s glorious Appalachian Spring! The wonderful Maki Sekiya will join the orchestra to perform Finzi’s sunny Eclogue. Plus Florence Price’s Adoration in an arrangement for strings, and Peter Warlock's 'An old song'.
Picture is of Florence Price
SCHUBERT Drei Klavierstücke D946
LISZT Transcendental Etudes, No11 in D flat (Harmonies du Soir)
BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata in F minor, No 23 Op 57 "Appassionata"
Carmina Burana by Carl Orff
Orchestrated for two pianos, timpani and percussion
NEW TICKETS RELEASED FOR 8pm PERFORMANCE
Composed in memory of the Fauré's father and performed at the composer's own funeral, Fauré’s gorgeous Requiem speaks of a better world beyond this one. Its uplifting melodies and serene character will be performed alongside Brahms' beautiful, ethereal Songs for Female Voices, Horns and Harp.
Reflecting some of the key questions of our time, including the environment and social equality, this multisensory performance will present live OSJ’s newest commissions for string orchestra and film, Many Worlds in One Place, Earth Flow and Reaching Water. Alongside will sit gorgeous music by some of the silver screen's finest composers including Shostakovich and John Williams, as well as Arvo Pärt’s Spiegel im Spiegel, accompanied by film and live artwork created in response to the music.