Name: BBC Philharmonic | 25 November
Start: 2023-11-25T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2023-11-25T00:00:00.000Z
Location: The Bridgewater Hall

Organization

Conductor

John Storgårds

Singer

Violin

Alexandra Diarescu

Piano

BBC Philharmonic

Orchestra

BBC Philharmonic | 25 November

Manchester

United Kingdom

The Bridgewater Hall

BBC Philharmonic | 25 November: Fanfare for the Common Man Copland (+3 More)

Public

Fanfare for the Common Man

Symphony No. 4, op. 29

Helena’s Song

Shades of Unbroken Dreams

Approved

Nielsen’s Fourth Symphony, in his own words, expresses “the spirit of life or manifestations of life, that is: everything that moves, that wants to live … just life and motion…”. This incendiary work makes for a fitting conclusion to this programme, conducted by John Storgårds, which seeks to define the human spirit. Copland’s Fanfare for the Common Man, arising from conflict seeks to celebrate an unshakeable sense of optimism. These two pieces bookend two more introspective UK premieres, Michigan-born composer James Lee III’s Shades of Unbroken Dreams with pianist Alexandra Dariescu – a piano concerto marking the 60th anniversary of Martin Luther King’s historic ‘I Have a Dream’ speech – and Helena’s Song arranged for violin and orchestra from Sebastian Fagerlund’s unnerving operatic family drama Autumn Sonata, performed tonight by our Chief Conductor play-directing from the podium.

English

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Ensemble