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´óÏó´«Ã½ National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales
26 Jan 2024, ´óÏó´«Ã½ Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff
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´óÏó´«Ã½ National Orchestra of Wales
´óÏó´«Ã½ NOW - NOW!
19:30 Fri 26 Jan 2024 ´óÏó´«Ã½ Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff
A world premiere, 3 UK premieres and a young upcoming composer… ´óÏó´«Ã½ NOW – NOW! Is our new contemporary series dedicated to the best new music from around the world being written today.
A world premiere, 3 UK premieres and a young upcoming composer… ´óÏó´«Ã½ NOW – NOW! Is our new contemporary series dedicated to the best new music from around the world being written today.

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A world premiere, 3 UK premieres and a young upcoming composer… ´óÏó´«Ã½ NOW – NOW! Is our new contemporary series dedicated to the best new music from around the world being written today.

Kicking off the series is ´óÏó´«Ã½ NOW’s Composer-in-Association, Gavin Higgins, with the concerts world premiere, his Sarabande, before we turn to the exciting multi-award-winning Chinese American composer Tan Dun and his Three Muses in Video Game. This trombone concerto pays tribute to gaming music, whilst reflecting the traditional music of China - with its movements named after ancient Chinese instruments these distinctive sounds are the muse for orchestra and soloist alike. To perform we’re delighted to welcome Jrgen van Rijen, who also gave the works world premiere.

Composition: Wales 2023 participant Anna Whitcombe’s And the Skies Become Vermillion leads us into a celebration of Ross Edwards’ 80th birthday with the UK premiere of his rhythmic, colourful and radiant Chorale and Ecstatic Dance, then comes a UK premiere by Sir James MacMillan. A musical snapshot of Alfred, Lord Tennyson’s poem Mariana – the work explores grief through highly charged and expressive modal melodies vying with primal outbursts, lamenting and introverted solos and complex counterpoint.