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大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra & Chorus Barbican Season 2023-24 Tchaikovsky, Grime & Strauss

大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra
Tchaikovsky, Grime & Strauss
19:30 Thu 1 Feb 2024 Barbican, London
Night thoughts: from the magic of Helen Grime to the fantasy of Richard Strauss and the unchained emotion of Tchaikovsky鈥檚 Path茅tique symphony, conducted by a true rising star.
Night thoughts: from the magic of Helen Grime to the fantasy of Richard Strauss and the unchained emotion of Tchaikovsky鈥檚 Path茅tique symphony, conducted by a true rising star.

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Night thoughts: from the magic of Helen Grime to the fantasy of Richard Strauss and the unchained emotion of Tchaikovsky鈥檚 Path茅tique symphony, conducted by a true rising star.

Near midnight: as a long day closes, the spirit turns to reflection, whether in tranquillity or terror. Helen Grime's nocturnal tone-poem introduces two works from composers facing the ultimate question, in an emotionally-charged 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra debut for the young Australian conductor Nicholas Carter.

The elderly Richard Strauss recaptured the elegant, bittersweet spirit of Mozart in his Oboe Concerto 鈥 and it鈥檒l make a ravishing showcase for the 大象传媒SO鈥檚 own principal oboe Tom Blomfield. Tchaikovsky鈥檚 final symphony couldn鈥檛 be more different: an impassioned musical autobiography, pulsing with great melodies and raw emotion. It should be an overwhelming climax to a concert that begins 鈥 according to Helen Grime - amid the mystery and magic of 鈥渢olling bells, high-spun moon and the indifference of night鈥.