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BBC Symphony Orchestra / Litton

Part of the BBC Symphony Orchestra 2014–2015

Add to my Calendar 24-09-2014 19:30 24-09-2014 21:30 36 BBC Symphony Orchestra / Litton Kevin Volans The Mountain that Left (world premiere; BBC commission) Star South African soprano Pumeza Matshikiza is the soloist in her compatriot Kevin Volans’s new choral piece to mark the BBC Singers’ 90th birthday. This precedes two exuberant American classics, inspired by life in New England. In My Father knew Charles Ives John Adams re-imagines Ives’s multi-layered musical soundscape through his own memories of playing in marching bands. It’s a fitting prelude to Ives’s radical masterpiece, an intricately woven mesh of hymn tunes, popular songs and his own music, performed by multiple ensembles playing at different speeds and in different keys. The result, which Ives never heard, is a vast, dynamic theatre of sound whose influence continues to resonate through American music today. Barbican Hall, London DD/MM/YYYY

Details

Barbican Hall
Silk Street
Barbican, City of London
London
EC2Y 8DS
England

Programme

Kevin Volans – The Mountain that Left
John Adams – My Father Knew Charles Ives
Simon Ives – Symphony No 4

Performers

Andrew Litton – Conductor
David Hill – Conductor
Pumeza Matshikiza – soprano
William Wolfram – piano

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Programme Note

Kevin Volans The Mountain that Left (world premiere; BBC commission)

Star South African soprano Pumeza Matshikiza is the soloist in her compatriot Kevin Volans’s new choral piece to mark the BBC Singers’ 90th birthday. This precedes two exuberant American classics, inspired by life in New England. In My Father knew Charles Ives John Adams re-imagines Ives’s multi-layered musical soundscape through his own memories of playing in marching bands. It’s a fitting prelude to Ives’s radical masterpiece, an intricately woven mesh of hymn tunes, popular songs and his own music, performed by multiple ensembles playing at different speeds and in different keys. The result, which Ives never heard, is a vast, dynamic theatre of sound whose influence continues to resonate through American music today.

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