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SUMMARY:General rehearsal at Queen Elizabeth Hall
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URL:https://kso.org.uk/event/general-rehearsal-at-queen-elizabeth-hall-2/
LOCATION:Queen Elizabeth Hall\, Southbank Centre\, Belvedere Road\, London\, SE1 8XX\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Rehearsal
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SUMMARY:Bartók's Concerto for Orchestra at Queen Elizabeth Hall
DESCRIPTION:Kensington Symphony Orchestra returns to the Queen Elizabeth Hall under music director Russell Keable to perform Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra (1943). \nAfter fleeing Hungary for the US during the Second World War\, Bartók was in hospital – suffering from what would later be diagnosed as leukaemia – when Serge Koussevitzky visited him to offer a new commission. The resulting orchestral showpiece\, premièred by the Boston Symphony Orchestra in 1944\, soon became his most popular work. \nWe are joined by soloist Samson Tsoy to perform Ravel’s Piano Concerto for the Left Hand in D major (1929-30). Written for the pianist Paul Wittgenstein\, who had lost his right arm in the First World War\, this darkly atmospheric\, jazz-infused work features demanding cadenzas that give every impression of a piece played with two hands. \nThe concert opens with Trace (2013) by the Grammy Award-nominated Chinese-American composer Zhou Tian\, who uses a lush\, neo-impressionistic palette to recall pre-industrial China in a “kaleidoscopic series of carnival outbursts and dance patterns”.
URL:https://kso.org.uk/event/bartoks-concerto-for-orchestra-at-queen-elizabeth-hall/
LOCATION:Queen Elizabeth Hall\, Southbank Centre\, Belvedere Road\, London\, SE1 8XX\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Concerts
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