Archived Event

Mendelssohn, Judith Weir and Copland
Aurora Orchestra; Nicholas Collon conductor; Dame Sarah Connolly mezzo-soprano
Date
Sat 06 Jun 2015, 7.30pm
Duration
This concert will be approximately 2 hours in duration, including an interval
Availability

Artists

  • Aurora Orchestra
    • Nicholas Collonconductor
    • Dame Sarah Connollymezzo-soprano

    Programme

    Interval

    1. Commissioned by Wigmore Hall with the support of André Hoffmann, president of the Fondation Hoffmann, a Swiss grant-making foundation

    Overview

    Judith Weir recently made headline news following her appointment as Master of the Queen’s Music, the first woman to hold this ancient royal position.

    The world première of her work is presented in company with Mendelssohn’s Octet and Copland’s Appalachian Spring, performed in its original version for thirteen instruments – two pulsating compositions marked by bold ideas, intense energy and joy.

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