Bristol Beacon 4: Evelyn Glennie plays Jennifer Higdon

25 Aug 2024, Bristol Beacon

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Proms 2024 Bristol Beacon 4: Evelyn Glennie plays Jennifer Higdon

Bristol Beacon: Evelyn Glennie plays Jennifer Higdon

17:00 Sun 25 Aug 2024 Bristol Beacon

The Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and its Chief Conductor Kirill Karabits perform Tchaikovsky鈥檚 heart-on-sleeve Symphony No. 5, alongside Jennifer Higdon鈥檚 flamboyant Percussion Concerto with soloist Evelyn Glennie.

Programme

- - Th茅odore Akimenko
  - Angel (Poe虁me-Nocturne)(10 mins)
- - Jennifer Higdon
  - Percussion Concerto(24 mins)
- - interval
- - Niloufar Nourbakhsh
  - Knell(4 mins)UK premiere
- - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  - Symphony No. 5 in E minor(50 mins)

Performers

Evelyn Glennie
percussion
percussion
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Kirill Karabits
conductor
conductor

Composers

About This Event

The Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra 鈥� Bristol Beacon鈥檚 Orchestra in Residence 鈥� opens its concert with a little-known gem of Ukrainian music. Feodor Akimenko was born in Kharkiv in 1876, going on to teach Igor Stravinsky before writing his beautiful 鈥楶o猫me- Nocturne鈥� Angel in 1912. The BSO鈥檚 Ukrainian Chief Conductor (and Akimenko aficionado) Kirill Karabits conducts it here as a prelude to American composer Jennifer Higdon鈥檚 seriously flamboyant Percussion Concerto, played by Evelyn Glennie, and Tchaikovsky鈥檚 heart-on-sleeve Symphony No. 5. Knell by Iranian composer Niloufar Nourbakhsh offers a glance back to Akimenko鈥檚 Angel in its momentary, symbolic plea for peace.

Broadcast live on 麻豆社 Radio 3

Image: Evelyn Glennie 漏 Philip Rathmer

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