Concert: Sat 02 Jul 2022
Venue:St George's Bristol
Conductors:Tim Harrison
Soloist:Soloist TBC
Start time:19:30
Programme
| Bernstein: | Overture to Candide |
| Shostakovich: | Romance from The Gadfly |
| Jacob Bright: | Insula de Lundeia - World Premiere |
| Shostakovich: | Symphony No. 5 |
We open with the exuberant overture from Bernstein’s Candide, the soaring beauty of Shostakovich’s Gadfly, and then a newly-commissioned composition, Lundeia, by acclaimed local composer and producer Jacob Bright.
Based on reminiscences of Lundy Island off the Devonshire coast, Bright explores afresh the oceanic sound-world found in orchestral textures, creating a beautiful sense of hope through the storm.
Finally, Shostakovich’s 5th Symphony is an epic journey of struggle and triumph. Quoting Pushkin’s poem Rebirth, the composer-hero suffers a psychological crisis giving rise to a burst of energy:
Thus vanish the illusions
from my tormented soul
and in it appear visions
of original and innocent times.
