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.
FREE, no ticket required
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Prices & Discounts
Free
No ticket required – just walk in
Running time
45 minutes, no interval
Box office
Philharmonia Box Office: 0800 652 6717
Monday to Friday 10am – 5pm
After the event
Basingstoke: Santtu and Benjamin Grosvenor in a Strauss extravaganza
Santtu-Matias Rouvali – conductor
Benjamin Grosvenor – piano
- Strauss Don Juan
- Strauss Burleske
- Strauss Symphonia Domestica
- Strauss Waltzes from Der Rosenkavalier (first sequence)
Foundling Museum: Fellow Lunchtime Recital
Aida Piano Trio
Esther Zaglia – violin
Clélia Le Bret – cello
Sofía Medina – piano
- Haydn Piano Trio in F-sharp minor
- Shostakovich Piano Trio No. 1 in C minor
- Mendelssohn Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor
Artists in Residence: Thick & Tight
Thick & Tight (Daniel Hay-Gordon and El Perry) – Artists in Residence
Harry Alexander and Annie Edwards – dancers
Jan Brzezinski – score copyist and orchestration
Ruby Hughes – soprano
David López Ibáñez – violin
Daichi Yoshimura – viola
Edward Mead – cello
Robert Looman – flute
Ellie Blamires – flute
Lucia Porcedda – clarinet
Maria Gomes – clarinet
Alison Procter – piano
Santtu conducts a Strauss extravaganza
Santtu-Matias Rouvali – conductor
Benjamin Grosvenor – piano
- Strauss Don Juan
- Strauss Burleske
- Strauss Symphonia Domestica
- Strauss Waltzes from Der Rosenkavalier (first sequence)
General booking opens 10am Tuesday 29 April. Join the Friends to book today.
