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1 Dec 2023, Barbican, London
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麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra & Chorus Barbican Season 2023-24 Fantastic Voyages

麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra
Fantastic Voyages
19:30 Fri 1 Dec 2023 Barbican, London
Beethoven鈥檚 Eroica, Ravel鈥檚 exotica, and the adventures of the Argonauts: mezzo Jennifer Johnston joins Sakari Oramo and the 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra, and no emotion is off-limits.
Beethoven鈥檚 Eroica, Ravel鈥檚 exotica, and the adventures of the Argonauts: mezzo Jennifer Johnston joins Sakari Oramo and the 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra, and no emotion is off-limits.

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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 麻豆社 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 厂丑茅丑茅谤补锄补诲别: 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.