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One Giant Leap

Add to my Calendar 28-04-2019 15:00 28-04-2019 17:00 36 One Giant Leap A concert of lunar-themed works, featuring the world premiere of British composer James McCarthy’s One Giant Leap. Commissioned by the Chorus to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, McCarthy’s work for large chorus, children’s choir and symphony orchestra conveys the spirit of adventure, the sense of risk and the danger of the Apollo mission. In the first half of the concert, Vaughan Williams’ Serenade to Music begins with the words ‘How sweet the moonlight’, his Toward the Unknown Region is about travelling to the unknown, and Barber’s Adagio for Strings was played at President Kennedy’s funeral – six years before his moon landing vision was fulfilled in 1969. Queen Elizabeth Hall, London DD/MM/YYYY

Details

Queen Elizabeth Hall
Southbank Centre
Belvedere Rd
South Bank
London
SE1 8XX
England

Programme

James McCarthy – One Giant Leap
Samuel Barber – Adagio for Strings, Op.11
Ralph Vaughan Williams – Serenade to Music
Ralph Vaughan Williams – Toward the Unknown region

Performers

David Temple – Conductor

Hertfordshire Chorus
Eagle House School Choir
Coldfall School Choir
London Orchestra da Camera

Programme Note

A concert of lunar-themed works, featuring the world premiere of British composer James McCarthy’s One Giant Leap. Commissioned by the Chorus to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, McCarthy’s work for large chorus, children’s choir and symphony orchestra conveys the spirit of adventure, the sense of risk and the danger of the Apollo mission.

In the first half of the concert, Vaughan Williams’ Serenade to Music begins with the words ‘How sweet the moonlight’, his Toward the Unknown Region is about travelling to the unknown, and Barber’s Adagio for Strings was played at President Kennedy’s funeral – six years before his moon landing vision was fulfilled in 1969.

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