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A Tribute to John McCabe
Strauss, Mussorgsky and McCabe's Concerto for Orchestra
Part of the Kensington Symphony Orchestra 60th anniversary
Add to my Calendar 12-10-2015 19:30 12-10-2015 21:30 36 A Tribute to John McCabe Strauss’s swashbuckling tone poem Don Juan raises the curtain on KSO’s 2015–16 season, the orchestra’s 60th. The first concert of the series puts orchestral colour and virtuosity firmly at the centre of proceedings. Ravel’s scintillating orchestration of Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition is a deservedly popular showpiece and surely the ultimate. KSO also celebrates the life and work of John McCabe with a chance to hear his dramatic and colourful Concerto for Orchestra. St John's Smith Square, London DD/MM/YYYYDetails
St John's Smith Square
Smith Square
City of Westminster
London
SW1P 3HA
England
Programme
Richard Strauss – Don Juan, Op.20
John McCabe – Concerto for Orchestra
~ Interval ~
Modest Mussorgsky – Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Ravel)
Performers
Russell Keable – Conductor
Kensington Symphony Orchestra
Other concerts in this Season
Programme Note
Strauss’s swashbuckling tone poem Don Juan raises the curtain on KSO’s 2015–16 season, the orchestra’s 60th. The first concert of the series puts orchestral colour and virtuosity firmly at the centre of proceedings. Ravel’s scintillating orchestration of Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition is a deservedly popular showpiece and surely the ultimate. KSO also celebrates the life and work of John McCabe with a chance to hear his dramatic and colourful Concerto for Orchestra.
