麻豆社

麻豆社 Philharmonic Orchestra
13 Jan 2023, MediaCityUK, Salford
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麻豆社 Philharmonic Studio Concerts Beauty and balance

麻豆社 Philharmonic
Beauty and balance
14:00 Fri 13 Jan 2023 麻豆社 Philharmonic
Conductor and composer Jack Sheen leads us through a varied programme this afternoon starting with one of his own compelling works before we hear Haydn, Hans Abrahamsen and Mozart
Conductor and composer Jack Sheen leads us through a varied programme this afternoon starting with one of his own compelling works before we hear Haydn, Hans Abrahamsen and Mozart

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Concert Information

Conductor and composer Jack Sheen leads us through a varied programme this afternoon. There鈥檚 elegance, balance and humour courtesy of Haydn鈥檚 Symphony No. 71, the beautiful simplicity of Hans Abrahamsen鈥檚 Wald, and we welcome two graduates of the 麻豆社鈥檚 New Generation Artist scheme, violinist Elena Urioste and violist Timothy Ridout as soloists in Mozart鈥檚 ingenious Sinfonia Concertante.

Before all that though, we open with a piece which takes us inside a fascinating sound world of Jack Sheen鈥檚 own creation. A line, a curve, or figure was commissioned by the Aldeburgh Festival and Britten Pears Young Artists Programme in 2016. Over to Jack to tell you more about this beguiling work:

鈥淎 lot of my music is about expansion and contraction, but A line, a curve, or figure , is almost entirely about just expansion: the piece is loosely based on the idea of a fractal, alongside the idea of stretching out something to see(/hear) more of it. So the initial three bars contain all of the material in the piece, and they simply reoccur, each time each section of the initial burst of sound is expanded to reveal more of itself and become less of a fleeting gesture and more of an established 'section of music'. And then there's a coda to shake things up somewhat.鈥

Programme

Jack Sheen
A line, a curve, or figure 06 mins

Hans Abrahamsen
Wald 18 mins

Joseph Haydn
Symphony no.71 in B flat 23 mins

INTERVAL

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Sinfonia concertante for violin, viola and orchestra 30