(via The Planets & The Great Animal Orchestra) SAT 12 JUL 2014 7:00PM - 9:15PM TOWN HALL MAIN HA
(via The Planets & The Great Animal Orchestra) SAT 12 JUL 2014 7:00PM - 9:15PM TOWN HALL MAIN HALL BBC NATIONAL ORCHESTRA OF WALES SAVITRI SINGERS MARTYN BRABBINS CONDUCTOR The Great Animal Orchestra Symphony For Orchestra and Wild Soundscapes Music by Richard Blackford Wild soundscapes by Bernie Krause Holst The Planets 55’ This final evening concert in the 70th Cheltenham Music Festival is a vivid orchestral voyage around our own planet and beyond. Richard Blackford’s The Great Animal Orchestra is inspired by the work of American environmentalist and soundscape recordist Bernie Krause. This five movement symphony combines live orchestra with Krause’s recordings from around the world – including the Sumatran rainforest, American Pacific tree frogs, African elephants and gorillas, and a range of exotic, South American birds. Gustav Holst composed three movements of his Planets suite – Mars, Venus and Jupiter – in 1914, so this performance marks the centenary of this masterpiece’s inception. From the menacing start of Mars, the Bringer of War to the bewitching fade-out of Neptune, the Mystic, it will be wonderful to hear one of the greatest pieces of orchestral music ever written in the Town Hall of Holst’s home town. -- source link