Philharmonia Chamber Players: Flamenco to Foxtrot
Ravel and Gershwin rub shoulders in this free performance showcasing the virtuosity of Philharmonia Orchestra’s wind section, bookended by two passionate pieces inspired by the landscape and culture of Spain.
The drama and passion of Albéniz’s Asturias kicks off our evening of concert classics arranged for wind ensemble by Philharmonia Principal Bassoon Robin O’Neill, ahead of the introspective mood of Ravel’s Pavane for a dead princess.
Inspired by the sound of jazz music, which had taken the world by storm in the 1920s, Gershwin’s Three Preludes and Ravel’s Five O’Clock Fox-Trot from his opera L’enfant et les sortilèges weave syncopation and bluesy sounds into their charming music. Gershwin took this one step further in Walking the Dog, the most enduring number from hit Hollywood musical Shall We Dance with Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers.
Finally, we return to the vivid Spanish flavours that opened our performance, in French composer Chabrier’s most enduring piece of music, España.
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Free
No ticket required – just walk in
Running time
45 minutes, no interval
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Monday to Friday 10am – 5pm
After the event
Paris: tribute concert with Frank Gehry
Esa-Pekka Salonen – conductor
Thomas Adès– conductor and piano
Yuja Wang – piano
Daniel Lozakovich – violin
- Grieg Violin Sonata No. 3
- Adès Shanty for 17 strings
- Sibelius Violin Concerto
- Sibelius Symphony No. 7
Philharmonia Patrons trip to La traviata at Garsington Opera
Tess Jackson – conductor
Louisa Muller – director
Madison Leonard – Violetta Valéry
Oleksiy Palchykov – Aldfredo Germont
Roland Wood – Giorgio Germont
Sam Harris – Gastone
Chuma Sijeqa – Baron Douphol
Thomas D Hopkinson – Doctor Grenvil
- Verdi La traviata
Garsington Opera: La traviata
Douglas Boyd – conductor
Tess Jackson – conductor (24 June & 9 July)
Louisa Muller – director
Garsington Opera Chorus
Violetta Valéry – Madison Leonard
Alfredo Germont – Oleksiy Palchykov
Giorgio Germont – Roland Wood
Gastone de Letorières – Sam Harris
Barond Douphol – Chuma Sijeqa
Doctor Grenvil – Henry Waddington, Thomas D. Hopkinson (24 June, 9, 11, 20 July)
Annina – Mathilda Bryngelsson
Flora Bervoix – Alexandria Moon
Marchese d’Obigny – Sam Young
Giuseppe – Matthew Sotillo-Cooke
Messenger – Peter Lidbetter
Flora’s servant – Sisa Mjekula
- Verdi La traviata
Garsington Opera: The Importance of Being Earnest
Douglas Boyd – conductor
Jack Furness – director
John Worthing – Zahid Siddiqui
Algernon Moncrieff – Seán Boylan
Cecily Cardew – Jennifer France
Hon. Gwendolen Fairfax – Holly Brown
Miss Prism – Susan Bickley
Lady Bracknell – Henry Waddington
Lane/Merriman – Peter Lidbetter
- Barry The Importance of Being Earnest
