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Bristol Concert Orchestra: Symphonie fantastique

When
Saturday June 30, 2018 at 19:30
Where
St Mary Redcliffe Church, Bristol
Tickets
£15, £12, £10 (concessions £2 off), under 18s £1 any seat (+fee)
Other Sources: at the door (from 7pm, concert night only) - cash only
Tickets "at the door" - until sold out
  1. Dido's lament - Henry Purcell, arranged by Leopold Stokowski
  2. Dona nobis pacem - Ralph Vaughan Williams
  3. Symphonie fantastique Op 14 - Hector Berlioz

This concert of two halves opens with Stokowski's string arrangement of Purcell's heartrending Dido's lament, 'When I am laid in Earth', providing an incredibly effective prelude to Vaughan Williams's empassioned plea for peace Dona nobis pacem (written after the composer's experiences as an ambulance driver in World War I) and recognised as a neglected choral masterpiece. For the second half, the incredible Symphonie fantastique - the 'programme symphony' written by a 27-year-old Berlioz telling the (autobiographical) story of "an artist gifted with a lively imagination" who has "poisoned himself with opium" in the "depths of despair" because of "hopeless, unrequited love."

The five movements of this hallucinatory tale include a beautiful waltz, the famous 'March to the Scaffold' and concludes at the funeral of the hero attended by sorcerers and monsters. Or, as Leonard Bernstein put it "Berlioz tells it like it is. You take a trip, you wind up screaming at your own funeral." Fantastical indeed…

There will be a retiring collection in aid of The Stroke Association.


Venue
St Mary Redcliffe Church
12 Colston Parade
Bristol
Bristol
BS1 6RA
England


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