Name: Nicola Benedetti & Philharmonia Chamber Players
Start: 2024-05-26T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2024-05-26T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Southbank Centre

Organization

Admin

Philharmonia Orchestra

Southbank Centre

Orchestra

Philharmonia Chamber Players

Violinist

Nicola Benedetti

Violin I

Nicola Benedetti & Philharmonia Chamber Players

London

Storbritannien

Queen Elizabeth Hall

Nicola Benedetti & Philharmonia Chamber Players: Souvenir de Florence, op. 70 Tchaikovsky, P. I. (+1 More)

Concert

Oratorium

Souvenir de Florence, op. 70

Verklärte Nacht op. 4

Approved

The ever-popular violinist Nicola Benedetti leads a group of soloists from the Philharmonia Orchestra in vivid chamber music inspired by art and poetry.

When Tchaikovsky visited Florence, he fell in love with the place, its art and its music. His Souvenir de Florence preserves some of the wonder he felt there.

When Schoenberg read ‘Verklärte Nacht’ by the poet Richard Dehmel, he was moved to turn it into a wordless tone-poem, fuelled by his own new-found passion for the woman who later became his wife.

Both composers, writing in a flood of inspiration, chose the luscious sounds of a string sextet for their purposes, creating works that made the most of the ensemble’s capacity for rich harmonies and lavish expression.

Benedetti leads a group of soloists from the Philharmonia Orchestra in a celebration of this irresistible medium.

English

Föreställningskrediter (Medverkande & produktionsteam )

Instrumentation

Ensemble