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SUMMARY:The Classical Series at Portsmouth Guildhall: Friday Night is Music Night with the BBC Concert Orchestra
DESCRIPTION: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. \n\n\n\nVisit The Guildhall website for further details. \n\n\n\n 
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LOCATION:Portsmouth Guildhall\, Guildhall Square\,\, Portsmouth\, Hampshire\, PO12AB\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Portsmouth Sing 100 Gala Concert
DESCRIPTION: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 well as a new commission by Paul Saggers.The programme will include: \n\n\n\nNational Anthem arr. Elgar or Freda Swain (she was born in Portsmouth)Copland – Fanfare for the Common ManSaint-Saëns – Symphony No. 3 (2nd mvt)Swain – Breathe on me breath of GodMacDowall – Ave Maris StellaSaggers- Portsmouth 100 Commission*Swain – Fanfare for a QueenParry – Blest Pair of SirensWalton – Portsmouth PointRutter – GloriaParry – Jerusalem* This will be an 8 minute piece with a secular text from Simon Armitage\, the Poet Laureate\, who has Portsmouth connections. \n\n\n\nTicketing info TBC.This is part of the Portsmouth Sing 100 Festival taking place at Portsmouth Guildhall and Guildhall Square\,St Thomas Cathedral and St John’s Cathedral\, which celebrates classical and light music in Portsmouth. It will include a lecture-recital at the University; an organ recital; a Menuhin Room recital; performances by the University Concert Band and Orchestra\, the University Choir\, the Milton Glee Choir\, Spinnaker Chorus\, Solent City Chorus\, the RMSM Parade Band and the Military Wives Band.
URL:https://mip.testpod.co.uk/event/portsmouth-sing-100-gala-concert/
LOCATION:Portsmouth Guildhall\, Guildhall Square\,\, Portsmouth\, Hampshire\, PO12AB\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:The Classical Series at Portsmouth Guildhall: Jasdeep Singh Degun & Ensemble 360
DESCRIPTION:Jasdeep Singh Degun sitar with Harkiret Singh Bahra tabla & Ensemble 360.DEGUNAlaap + Veer for sitar\, tabla and string quintet  (9′) \n\n\n\nDEGUNAbbhā for sitar\, tabla and string quintet  (5′)STRAVINSKY II. Excentrique  from ‘Three Pieces for String Quartet’ (2′) \n\n\n\nDVORAK  (arr. Nabarro) Indian Lament for string quintet  (4′) \n\n\n\nDEGUN  Rageshri for sitar\, tabla and string quintet  (11′) \n\n\n\nSTRAVINSKY I. Danse  from ‘Three Pieces for String Quartet’ (1′) \n\n\n\nDEGUN  Arya MII for sitar\, tabla and string quintet  (13′) \n\n\n\nSTRAVINSKY  III. Cantique  from ‘Three Pieces for String Quartet’ (4′) \n\n\n\nDEGUN  Lament for sitar\, tabla and string quintet  (7′) \n\n\n\nA composer and virtuoso of the sitar with a classical string quintet makes for a spellbinding pairing. Ensemble 360 celebrates its 20th birthday with a gift to us – boundary-breaking new music created collaboratively. Jasdeep Singh Degun is no stranger to forming alliances in the music world. He was composer and co-music director for Opera North’s 2022 award-winning production of Orpheus\, weaving a tapestry from the European and Indian traditions. ‘It’s really not a matter of different worlds meeting’\, he reflects. ‘It’s just me: as much as I’m immersed in Indian classical music\, I’m a product of this country; I’m a British composer.’ Both innovator and custodian of tradition\, composer and performer\, with a debut album made with the legendary Nitin Sawnhey released on Peter Gabriel’s Real World Records\, he is reshaping the musical landscape.Presented by The Classical Series at Portsmouth Guildhall. \n\n\n\nVisit The Guildhall website for further details and tickets. \n\n\n\nImage (c) Adam Lyons
URL:https://mip.testpod.co.uk/event/the-classical-series-at-portsmouth-guildhall-jasdeep-singh-degun-ensemble-360/
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SUMMARY:Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra: Mahler’s Fifth
DESCRIPTION: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 had lain unnoticed in a Vienna archive for over 40 years\, cleared up the question of the work’s authenticity once and for all. The journey from death to life lies at the heart of Mahler’s Fifth Symphony\, extremes of joy and pain contrastingly expressed more fully than ever before. Psychologically speaking\, it proceeds from tragedy to triumph. Mahler paints a huge canvas of cosmic emotion\, using enormous brushstrokes of sound for the largest possible gestures. From the opening funeral march the music gradually lightens\, progressing through a gigantic waltz fantasy and intensely lyrical adagietto before reaching the exuberant rondo-finale. The effect is electrifying. \n\n\n\nHaydn – Cello Concerto in DMahler – Symphony No.5 \n\n\n\nTickets £15 – £31.You can also book tickets directly through the venue\, who have a different allocation of tickets\, by clicking here. (Different booking fees will apply.)
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LOCATION:Portsmouth Guildhall\, Guildhall Square\,\, Portsmouth\, Hampshire\, PO12AB\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra: Classic FM Hall of Fame - The greatest works in classical music
DESCRIPTION: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 ever written. The Spanish passion continues with Chabrier’s dazzling rhapsody and Rimsky-Korsakov’s vibrant and colourful suite. In contrast\, Borodin’s tone poem evokes the sweeping plains of central Asia\, whilst nightmarish visions abound in Mussorgsky’s dark and brooding depiction of a Witches Sabbath.Rossini – The Barber of Seville OvertureRodrigo – Concierto de AranjuezChabrier – EspañaMussorgsky – A Night on the Bare MountainBorodin – In the Steppes of Central AsiaRimsky-Korsakov – Capriccio Espagnol \n\n\n\nTickets £15 – £31.You can also book tickets directly through the venue\, who have a different allocation of tickets\, by clicking here. (Different booking fees will apply.)
URL:https://mip.testpod.co.uk/event/bournemouth-symphony-orchestra-classic-fm-hall-of-fame-the-greatest-works-in-classical-music/
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SUMMARY:The Classical Series at Portsmouth Guildhall: Quartet for Heart and Breath
DESCRIPTION:RICHARD REED PARRY – Quartet for Heart and Breath (6’) \n\n\n\nKATE WHITLEY – Six Charlotte Mew Settings (16’) \n\n\n\nJOHN TAVENER – The World (10’) \n\n\n\nMEREDITH MONK – String Songs (20’) \n\n\n\nCASSANDRA MILLER – Thanksong (12’) \n\n\n\nMusic by Arcade Fire’s Richard Reed Parry opens this concert of sumptuous\, 21st century compositions for string quartet\, performed by Phaedra Ensemble with Lotte Betts-Dean\, a vocalist praised by The Guardian for her “unmissable\, urgent musicality”. Following its collaboration with American composer Meredith Monk\, performer and Godmother of the New York experimental music scene\, Phaedra Ensemble performs the composer’s only string quartet\, String Songs. Mezzo-soprano Lotte Betts-Dean then joins the quartet to present works by Kate Whitley and John Tavener\, as well as Cassandra Miller’s modern masterpiece Thanksong\, a tender reflection on Beethoven’s late Quartet in A minor (Op.132).Presented by The Classical Series at Portsmouth Guildhall. \n\n\n\nVisit The Guildhall website for further details. \n\n\n\n 
URL:https://mip.testpod.co.uk/event/the-classical-series-at-portsmouth-guildhall-quartet-for-heart-and-breath/
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