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The Goldsmiths Sinfonia performs a Russian programme, including Shostakovich's Cello Concerto No 1, with alumus Tom Pickles
Our end of term orchestral concert conducted by Roger Redgate includes Shostakovich Cello Concerto No 1, written for Rostropovich (who gave the inaugural concert of Deptford Town Hall's Council Chamber recital room), Stravinsky's ballet score for Petrushka and Beethoven's overture to Egmont.
Petrushka tells the story of the loves and jealousies of three puppets. The three are brought to life by the Charlatan during 1830 Shrovetide Fair (Maslenitsa) in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Petrushka loves the Ballerina, but she rejects him. She prefers the Moor. Petrushka is angry and hurt, and challenges the Moor. The Moor kills him with his scimitar. Petrushka's ghost rises above the puppet theatre as night falls. He shakes his fist at the Charlatan, then collapses in a second death.
'Egmont' was composed as a set of incidental music pieces for the 1787 play of the same name by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. The subject of the music and dramatic narrative is the life and heroism of a 16th-century Dutch nobleman, the Count of Egmont. In the music for 'Egmont', Beethoven expressed his own political concerns through the exaltation of the heroic sacrifice of a man condemned to death for having taken a valiant stand against oppression. The Overture later became an unofficial anthem of the 1956 Hungarian revolution.
Dates & times
| Date | Time | Add to calendar |
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| 2 Dec 2016 | 7:30pm - 9:30pm |
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