Thu 13 May - Mon 17 May

The Celestial City

Kristiina Poska
13 May
-
17 May

Sibelius | Valse Triste Op. 44
Rautavaara | Concerto voor vogels 'Cantus Arcticus'
Vaughan Williams | Symfonie nr. 5 'Symphony of the Celestial City’

In 1943, Vaughan Williams’ Fifth Symphony offered a glimpse of the peace everyone was craving for: a temporary victory of softly undulating lines. Or maybe a heavenly city. Rautavaara’s Cantus Arcticus, a dialogue between bird sounds and orchestra, also testifies to the longing for a mystic peace. Together with the Revue Blanche chamber music ensemble, composer Annelies Van Parys paints a completely new tableau, based on the work of Rautavaara and Vaughan Williams.

A dialogue between bird sounds and orchestra

Join this classical concert on May 13 in Bruges, Concertgebouw; May 14 in Ghent, Muziekcentrum De Bijloke; May 16 in Antwerp, deSingel; May 17 in Brussels, Centre for Fine Arts.

Programme

Einojuhani Rautavaara 1928–2016 | Concerto for birds & orchestra
~ ‘Cantus Arcticus’
Annelies Van Parys °1975 | Creatie
Ralph Vaughan Williams 1872–1958 | Symphony No. 5
~ ‘Symphony of the Celestial City’

Cast

Kristiina Poska

conductor

Symfonieorkest Vlaanderen

orchestra

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