There’s music for everyone in BBC Radio 3’s Friday Night is Music Night, live from Portsmouth Guildhall.Presented by The Classical Series at Portsmouth Guildhall. Visit The Guildhall website for further details.
This will include performances of significant pieces celebrating the city, presented by the Portsmouth Philharmonic Orchestra, Solent Symphony Orchestra, Portsmouth Cathedral Choir, Portsmouth Choral Union, Portsmouth Baroque Choir and HM Royal Marines Band, as part of the Portsmouth100 commemorative year. It will include works by Swain, Copland, Ravenscroft, Parry, MacDowell, Walton, Saint-Saëns and Rutter, as ... Read more
Jasdeep Singh Degun sitar with Harkiret Singh Bahra tabla & Ensemble 360.DEGUNAlaap + Veer for sitar, tabla and string quintet (9′) DEGUNAbbhā for sitar, tabla and string quintet (5′)STRAVINSKY II. Excentrique from ‘Three Pieces for String Quartet’ (2′) DVORAK (arr. Nabarro) Indian Lament for string quintet (4′) DEGUN Rageshri for sitar, tabla and string quintet (11′) STRAVINSKY I. Danse from ‘Three Pieces for ... Read more
With the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra.Haydn composed his second Cello Concerto in 1783 for Antonín Kraft, a cellist in the Esterházy court orchestra. It was for many years thought to be the work of Kraft (who presumably offered help in the writing of the solo part) before the rediscovery in 1954 of the autograph manuscript, which ... Read more
With the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra.Enjoy an evening featuring six of the greatest works in classical music!Rossini’s bright and sunny overture preludes one of the most famous and popular of all concertos, suffused with the sun-drenched melodies and balmy atmosphere of southern Spain; its achingly beautiful slow movement is perhaps the most sublime pieces of music ... Read more
RICHARD REED PARRY - Quartet for Heart and Breath (6’) KATE WHITLEY - Six Charlotte Mew Settings (16’) JOHN TAVENER - The World (10’) MEREDITH MONK - String Songs (20’) CASSANDRA MILLER - Thanksong (12’) Music by Arcade Fire’s Richard Reed Parry opens this concert of sumptuous, 21st century compositions for string quartet, performed by ... Read more
