The Classical Events logo, in black-and-white
Please note: This concert is in the past and has already taken place.

Symphony of Psalms

Part of the Three Choirs Festival 2018

Add to my Calendar 03-08-2018 19:45 03-08-2018 21:45 36 Symphony of Psalms The sparkling dance rhythms in Ravel’s elegantly neoclassical suite belie the sombre dedication of each movement to a friend who had died in the First World War. Although as a woman she was excluded from the fighting, Lili Boulanger also saw the extreme toll of war and composed the touching Psalm 130 with its dark harmonies as a heart-breaking lament to loss of hope. Stravinsky’s Symphony of Psalms, also deeply moving, maps a journey from keening sinfulness to redemption and ferocious exaltation.  Hereford Cathedral, Hereford DD/MM/YYYY

Details

Hereford Cathedral
Cathedral Close
Hereford
Herefordshire
HR1 2NG
England

Programme

Maurice Ravel – Le Tombeau de Couperin
Lili Boulanger – Psaume CXXX
William Walton – Viola Concerto
Igor Stravinsky – Symphony of Psalms

Performers

Anna Harvey – soprano
Magnus Walker – tenor
Timothy Ridout – viola
Adrian Partington – Conductor

Three Choirs Festival Chorus
Philharmonia Orchestra

Other concerts in this Festival ▼

Trio Dali

Three Choirs Festival Opening Night

The Planets

James Gilchrist – The Solitary Pilgrim

Tenebrae

Elgar's King Olaf

Celebrity Organ Recital: Olivier Latry

Gould Piano Trio

Monteverdi Vespers

The Singing Violin

Hymn of Praise

The Baronet and the Playboy

Bernstein and Mahler

Joby Burgess: Pioneers of Percussion

A Parry Centenary Tribute

Clare Hammond

Bach Goldberg Variations

Flute, Viola and Harp Recital

Brahms' German Requiem

Belmont Abbey Organ Recital

Leominster Priory Organ Recital

Programme Note

The sparkling dance rhythms in Ravel’s elegantly neoclassical suite belie the sombre dedication of each movement to a friend who had died in the First World War. Although as a woman she was excluded from the fighting, Lili Boulanger also saw the extreme toll of war and composed the touching Psalm 130 with its dark harmonies as a heart-breaking lament to loss of hope. Stravinsky’s Symphony of Psalms, also deeply moving, maps a journey from keening sinfulness to redemption and ferocious exaltation. 

Three Choirs Festival - Hereford

Get a route map

Your Map