大象传媒

The 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sakari Oramo. Alice Mary Smith's Jason Overture, Ravel's ravishing Sh茅h茅razade with mezzo Jennifer Johnston and Beethoven's Eroica Symphony.

Alice Mary Smith defied the expectations of 19th-century Britain, and her musical imagination travelled without boundaries. Today, she sets sail with Jason and the Argonauts: just the start of a concert that voyages East onboard Ravel鈥檚 ship of dreams, before confronting Napoleon Bonaparte himself in Beethoven鈥檚 revolutionary Eroica symphony.

By any standards, it鈥檚 an incredible journey 鈥� but 大象传媒 SO Chief Conductor Sakari Oramo is a born explorer, and this is a long overdue chance to hear Smith鈥檚 spirited overture. British mezzo-soprano Jennifer Johnston is the soloist in Ravel鈥檚 Sh茅h茅razade: an unashamedly poetic vision of an imagined Orient, sung by a singer whom one critic has described as having 鈥渙ne of the most generous and beautiful voices in the business鈥�.

Live from the Barbican Hall, London, presented by Martin Handley.

Alice Mary Smith: Overture: Jason, or The Argonauts and the Sirens
Maurice Ravel: Sh茅h茅razade

Interval

Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, 鈥楨roica鈥�

Jennifer Johnston (mezzo)
大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo (conductor)