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Choral and Orchestral Concert

Part of the Russian Romantics and Revolutionaries

Add to my Calendar 02-07-2017 19:30 02-07-2017 21:30 36 Choral and Orchestral Concert Guest Conductor Dale Christmas Kabalevsky’s Overture to Colas Breugnon is a masterclass of orchestral fireworks and brevity, which whirls off like a rocket and is over in a flash! Stravinsky’s austere and poignant Symphony of Psalms is one of the absolute masterpieces of the twentieth century. Shostakovich’s monumental Symphony No. 5 was an immediate success with both state critics and the public and no listener can resist being affected by this emotionally-charged rollercoaster. This feast of Russian music is not to be missed! Free introductory talk by Professor Marina Frolova-Walker at 6.30pm Hinchingbrooke Performing Arts Centre, Huntingdon DD/MM/YYYY

Details

Hinchingbrooke Performing Arts Centre
Brampton Road
Huntingdon
Cambridgeshire
PE29 3BN
England

Programme

Dmitry Shostakovich – Symphony no.5 in D minor, Op.47
Dmitri Borisovich Kabalevsky – Colas Breugnon, Op.24: Overture
Igor Stravinsky – Symphony of Psalms

Performers

Huntingdonshire Philharmonic Society

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Programme Note

Guest Conductor Dale Christmas

Kabalevsky’s Overture to Colas Breugnon is a masterclass of orchestral fireworks and brevity, which whirls off like a rocket and is over in a flash! Stravinsky’s austere and poignant Symphony of Psalms is one of the absolute masterpieces of the twentieth century. Shostakovich’s monumental Symphony No. 5 was an immediate success with both state critics and the public and no listener can resist being affected by this emotionally-charged rollercoaster.

This feast of Russian music is not to be missed!

Free introductory talk by Professor Marina Frolova-Walker at 6.30pm

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