16 - 18 February 2017
Music Is Power
Mendelssohn’s music was notoriously banned in 1936 by a Nazi regime which labelled the Jewish composer “a dangerous accident of musical history”. Hartmann’s Concerto Funebre, dashed off in the autumn of 1939, represents the contrasting hope and hopelessness of a country plunged into war.
Arvo Pärt and Pēteris Vasks use their music as a vehicle for spiritual questioning, to transcendent effect, and Bach’s ebullient E major concerto is a testament to the pure, uplifting joy of melody and harmony.
Together with world-renowned Russian violinist Alina Ibragimova, join us for an exploration of the political, spiritual and emotional power of music.
- Mendelssohn
Sinfonia No. 6 in E flat major, MWV N6 - Arvo Pärt
Silouan’s Song - Hartmann
Concerto Funebre - Mendelssohn
Sinfonia No. 10 in B minor, MWV N10 Viatore - Pēteris Vasks
Viatore - Bach
Violin Concerto in E major, BWV 1042