Royal Albert HallKensington Gore, Londres, Greater London, SW7 2AP, Royaume-uni
Dates/horaires selon le fuseau horaire de London
Festival: BBC PromsProgramme
Walshe, Jennifer (n. 1974) | The Site of an Investigation (London premiere) | |
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897) | A German Requiem |
Artistes
Jennifer Walshe | Voice |
Elena Tsallagova | Soprano |
Shenyang | Baryton-basse |
National Youth Choir of Great Britain | |
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra | |
Ilan Volkov | Direction |
Be here now, they say – but in 2022, and a world in which threats come as fast as wonders, why would you even want to? The Site of an Investigation is Jennifer Walshe’s one-woman response. It’s a massive, multilayered symphonic deep-dive into social media, algorithm madness, streaming playlists and micropollutants – all in search of a very personal path into the open. Conductor Ilan Volkov never takes the obvious perspective and, after the interval, he conducts Brahms’s heartfelt A German Requiem: a service of consolation from a composer without conventional religious faith, but with a limitless depth of compassion. An answer, of sorts? Decide for yourself …
£8.50–£42 (plus booking fee)
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