BBC Symphony Orchestra/Brett Dean, The Annunciation

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Barbican HallSilk Street, London, Greater London, EC2Y 8DS, United Kingdom

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Programme

Respighi, Ottorino (1879-1936)	Trittico botticelliano 'Three Botticelli Pictures'
Dean, Brett (b. 1961)	The Annunciation (UK Première)
Strauss, Richard (1864-1949)	Le Bourgeois gentilhomme (Der Bürger als Edelmann) suite, Op.60b

Performers

BBC Symphony Orchestra
Josep Pons	Conductor
BBC Singers

Respighi’s intimate evocations of Botticelli’s art, including the central ‘Adoration of the Magi’, preface Brett Dean’s festive Christmas cantata, The Annunciation, inspired by and commissioned for the 800th birthday of Bach’s own Thomanerchor (St Thomas’s Choir) in Leipzig, where it was premiered. The Annunciation depicts the journey of the three kings from darkness into light, in a four-part work for chamber orchestra and choir. 'Dean succeeds in achieving something that cannot be valued too highly: integrity' RBB Kulturradio.
In the second half Josep Pons presents Strauss’s effervescent theatre suite for Molière’s satire Le bourgeois gentilhomme, a showcase for the orchestra’s stylish versatility.

Tickets £10-£34 plus booking fee

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An early Christmas present from the BBCSO

Gavin Dixon, 20th November

Brett Dean's The Annunciation offers a Moderninst take on Christmas traditions. Curiosities from Respighi and Strauss complete an eccentric programme.

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