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Programme
Mussorgsky (orch. Rimsky-Korsakov) Khovanshchina: Prelude
Bernstein Serenade (after Plato’s ‘Symposium’)
Mussorgsky (orch. Ravel) Pictures at an Exhibition
Performers
Long Yu conductor
Esther Yoo violin
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Dancing chickens, luminous skulls, a witch’s hut… sounds spectacular? It’s amazing what you can achieve with a head full of stories, an ear for musical colour, and a few shots of vodka!
In the opening concert of our new season, guest conductor Long Yu – China’s pre-eminent living conductor – opens up a veritable musical picture book, and whether it’s a radiant vision of a Russian dawn or Mussorgsky’s fantastic musical art gallery, you’re guaranteed terrific tunes in fabulous colours.
As for the Serenade: perhaps only Leonard Bernstein could have taken an Ancient Greek meditation on love and transformed it into a big-hearted (and delightfully quirky) violin concerto. The amazing Esther Yoo is our soloist – critics have praised her ‘freedom, invention and glorious sound’. You’re about to hear why.
Duration: approx. 2 hours (incl. 20-minute interval)
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