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SUMMARY:Beethoven\, Korngold and Brett Dean
DESCRIPTION:Kensington Symphony Orchestra is delighted to be joined by guest conductor Holly Mathieson for a typically ambitious and unusual programme of music at St John’s Smith Square. \nKorngold’s opulent\, full-blooded Symphony in F sharp boasts both glittering orchestration and an abundance of generous melody. Completed in 1952\, it is the only symphony by the Austrian-born composer\, who wrote Oscar-winning scores for Hollywood films after fleeing the Nazi regime. The work incorporates a theme originally written for the 1939 film The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex\, and the symphony stands as a memorial to the late US president Franklin D. Roosevelt\, who died in 1945. \nThe programme begins with Beethoven’s taut and intense Coriolan Overture\, followed by a recent work by the award-winning Australian composer Brett Dean. Testament (2008)\, based on Dean’s 2002 work for 12 violas\, takes its inspiration from the Heiligenstadt Testament\, a letter written by a despairing Beethoven to his brothers after he learned that the deterioration in his hearing could not be reversed. Numerous innovative effects convey the composer’s state of mind; for example\, the strings use both rosined and rosinless bows\, the latter (generously provided by Thwaites of Watford) imitating the feverish sound of Beethoven’s quill.
URL:https://kso.org.uk/event/beethoven-korngold-and-brett-dean/
LOCATION:Smith Square Hall\, Smith Square\, London\, SW1P 3HA\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Concerts,Rehearsal
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