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大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra: 2007-8 season overview
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 Jir铆 Belohl谩vek opens the 2007-8 season with Bruckner's sublime seventh
Symphony
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Eleven premieres, including two 大象传媒 commissions
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John Foulds' A World Requiem for "the war dead of all nations", not
performed since 1926, in the Royal Albert Hall on Armistice Day
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Star soloists including Nelson Freire, Monica Groop, Stephen Hough, Leila
Josefowicz, Solveig Kringelborn, Karita Mattila, Sergei Nakariakov and
Philip Quast
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Packed full of new music, opera premieres, great symphonies and powerful
choral works, the
大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra's 2007-8 season opens at the Barbican on 5
October.
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In his second season as Chief Conductor, Jir铆 Belohl谩vek guides the
orchestra through no less than six concerts, including four premieres by
composers ranging from Penderecki to Saariaho.
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The Czech conductor
returns to his Slavic routes for works by Dvor谩k and Smetana, and brings
the rarely-performed Violin Concerto by Czech avant-garde composer, Josef
Bohuslav Foerster.
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Belohl谩vek also continues his cycle of "visionary"
interpretations of Mahler in the composer's innocent Fourth Symphony.
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Other foremost conductors to take to the podium include Yan Pascal
Tortelier, Edward Gardner, Andrew Litton and the prodigiously talented
21-year-old, Lionel Bringuier.
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Renowned for its interpretations of contemporary music, the 大象传媒 SO's new
season offers an enviable range of new works.
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The season opens with the
UK premiere of Jorg Widmann's ad absurdum, a virtuosic showpiece
featuring trumpet phenomenon Sergei Nakariakov.
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The 大象传媒 SO and the 大象传媒
Symphony Chorus give the UK premiere of Penderecki's Symphony No. 8,
Lieder der Verg盲nglichkeit, and Saariaho's new opera, Adriana Mater, is
brought to the concert stage for the first UK performance.
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Adriana Mater
takes as its theme the brutality of war and is the second of Saariaho's
operas to be premiered by the 大象传媒 SO in the UK.
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The spotlight falls on Judith Weir for the 大象传媒 SO's 21st January Composer
Weekend, as the Barbican resounds with opera, orchestral, chamber, and
choral music by the composer alongside folk music from the British Isles.
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The 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra continues to attract many of the world's
leading soloists.
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There are violin concertos by Britten, Foerster and
Berg from Daniel Hope, Ivan Zenat媒 and Leila Josefowicz, while pianists
Nelson Freire and Stephen Hough perform Rachmaninov's First and Fourth
Piano Concertos respectively.
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Piotr Anderszewski brings the season to a
close with Szymanowski's Symphonie concertante.
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Karita Mattila, star
soprano and dedicatee of Saariaho's Mirage, leads a glittering array of
singers for the 2007-8 season, which includes Camillia Tilling, Heidi
Grant Murphy, Monica Groop and Roderick Williams.
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Olivier Award-winning
actor and singer, Philip Quast, makes his 大象传媒 SO debut in Dominic
Muldowney's Tsunami.
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Principal Guest Conductor David Robertson presents two innovative audio-visual concerts which explore the connection between painting and music
in two unique programmes pairing Debussy with Monet, and Bart贸k with Van
Gogh.
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Other highlights include the first performance since 1926 of John
Foulds' A World Requiem at the Royal Albert Hall on Armistice Day.
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Revived under American conductor Leon Botstein, the spectacular
performance presents international soloists, massed choirs, large
orchestra, off-stage fanfares and the great organ of the Royal Albert
Hall.
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Shakespeare's magical play, The Tempest, is brought to life with
actors and Sibelius's incidental music in April.
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The 大象传媒 SO's Artist-in-Association, John Adams, celebrates his 60th
birthday in style as he conducts the orchestra and 大象传媒 Symphony Chorus in
his seven "oracular" choruses from his The Death Of Klinghoffer, as well
as other music close to his heart.
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One of the busiest orchestras in the UK, the 大象传媒 SO also presents a
series of concerts and recordings for 大象传媒 Radio 3 at the orchestra's home
in Maida Vale and tours extensively. In 2007-8 it visits Germany and the
Czech Republic.
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There is also an ambitious learning programme which
engages young people and the local community in the orchestra's work.
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Highlights in 2007-8 include a week-long celebration of the music and
culture of South America at Maida Vale Studios, various performances by
the popular 大象传媒 SO Family Orchestra, and two large-scale projects centred
on Judith Weir for the January Composer Weekend.
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The 大象传媒 SO Learning team
returns to Istanbul in February 2008 to continue its international
collaboration programme with young Turkish musicians.
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The 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra is the Barbican's Associate Orchestra.
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The 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra is part of 大象传媒 Radio 3, the country's leading
cultural broadcaster, and every concert the orchestra performs is either
broadcast live or recorded for broadcast at a later date.
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All concerts
can be heard on Radio 3 and online at bbc.co.uk/radio3.
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