Ulster HallBelfast, Northern Ireland, BT2 7FF, Vereinigtes Königreich
Datum/Zeit in London Zeitzone
| Freitag 23 Januar 2026 | 19:45 |
Programm
| Britten, Benjamin (1913-1976) | Variationen über ein Thema von Frank Bridge, Op.10 | |
| Clyne, Anna (b. 1980) | Glasslands | |
| Schostakowitsch, Dmitrij (1906-1975) | Symphonie Nr. 9 in Es-Dur, Op.70 |
Darsteller
| Jonathan Bloxham | Musikalische Leitung |
| Jess Gillam | Saxophon |
| Ulster Orchestra |
Benjamin Britten spoke no Russian and Dmitri Shostakovich spoke no English, but they found in each other a kindred spirit, becoming firm friends, supporters of each other’s work and using a sort of broken German as a shared language. Britten’s tribute to his teacher and mentor Frank Bridge uses each variation to loosely sketch a facet of Bridge’s personality, while Shostakovich’s Ninth Symphony was not the grand artistic statement Russia expected and instead is a witty, playful and sarcastic work that inevitably led to political trouble. And we are delighted to welcome Jess Gillam to perform Glasslands by Anna Clyne, inspired by the banshee of Irish mythology.
© Robin Clewley