Name: Neo-Classical
Start: 2023-04-06T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2023-04-07T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Salle Poirel

Organization

Conductor

Roman Simovic

Violinist

Violin

Singer

Violine

Opéra national de Lorraine

Orchestra

Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Lorraine

Neo-Classical

Nancy

France

Salle Poirel

Neo-Classical: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis Ralph Vaughan Williams (+2 More)

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Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis

Violin Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 63

Symphony No. 1 in D Major, op. 25 ("The Classical")

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Bass

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Cellist

Violist

Flutist

Clarinetist

Guitarist

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hornist

Oboist

Bassoonist

Trumpeter

Contrabassist

Trombonist

Harper

Saxophonist

Harpsichordist

Bassist

Accordionist

Tuba Player

Recorder Player

Lutenist

Tenor Violinist

Timpani

Mandoline Player

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Violino Piccolo Player

Viola da gamba

Musette de cour Player

Viola Pomposa Player

Archlutenist

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Cornettist

Viola d’amore Player

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Choir

Poet

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Soprano

Contralto

Countertenor

Tenor

Baritone

Bass-baritone

Mezzo-soprano

Spoken

Child vocalist

Silent

Alto

Continuo

In the early post-First World War years, after the experiments and multiple and divergent avant-garde aesthetics that blew apart the European musical landscape, many composers felt the need to turn back to classicism, a sort of Golden Age in which the paths of musical art might still appear simple and secure.

This movement back to the past is not a 'conservative revolution' or a retrograde and sterile movement.

On the contrary, it is a re-examination by creators of their own presuppositions and a rethinking of the principles of their art through which they hope to revive their imagination thanks to this stimulating confrontation.

Thus, as early as 1910, the British composer Vaughan Williams drew his inspiration from the ancient English music in order to create a more contemporary expression. His Fantasy takes its theme from a melody that Thomas Tallis wrote in 1567 for a psalter on the words When, rising from the bed of Death. Vaughan Williams sets it in an exceptional score, written for an innovative string ensemble featuring a quartet and two string orchestras, in a sophisticated polyphony evoking magnificent cathedral sounds.

Seven years later, the very modernist Prokofiev chose with his First Symphony to pay homage to the birth of the genre: Haydn's classical symphony, of which it adopts both the usual orchestral size and the general structure and character. A penchant for lyricism and clarity that the composer would further develop in a beautiful violin concerto.

English

Neo-Classical by Vaughan Williams, Prokofiev, Fri 07 Apr 2023, From (2023/2023), Conductor Roman Simovic, Salle Poirel, Nancy, France

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