Programme
- Three Pieces from the Lyric Suite(17 mins)
- Le Livre de Baudelaire (arr. John Adams)(22 mins)
- interval
- Der Wein(12 mins)
- Nocturnes(25 mins)
Performers
- Ryan Wigglesworthconductor
- Sophie Bevansoprano
Composers
About This Event
“Let us fly without rest or pause into the land of my dreams…” For Claude Debussy, the poetry of Baudelaire conjured new and ravishing colours, just waiting to be transformed into sound. Over in 1890s Vienna, meanwhile, those same verses unlocked dark passions and wild (sometimes dangerous) imaginings – a glorious, iridescent turmoil into which Alban Berg dived headlong.
So don’t expect Ryan Wigglesworth to hold back, as he joins the ѿý Symphony Orchestra in a concert of shimmering hues and pure, intoxicating sensuality. Soprano Sophie Bevan joins him on this journey into delirium – perfect music for a singer who’s been described as ”magnetic”. And to finish, the upper voices of the ѿý Symphony Chorus bring a special enchantment to Debussy’s luminous Nocturnes.