Name: Le grand Inconnu The Sixteen
Start: 2019-10-14T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2019-10-14T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Barbican Centre

Organization

Conductor

Harry Christophers

Singer

Mary Bevan

Soprano

Britten Sinfonia

Orchestra

Others

The Sixteen Orchestra

Genesis Sixteen

Le grand Inconnu The Sixteen

London

United Kingdom

Barbican Centre

Barbican Concert Hall

Public

Private

Concert

Cantus in Memoriam Benjamin Britten

Hymn to St. Cecilia, op. 27

The Sun Danced

Symphony No. 5 Le grand Inconnu (The Great Unknown)

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Few living composers communicate with the emotional directness of James MacMillan, and the opportunity to hear two substantial new works in one concert is ge...

Le grand Inconnu The Sixteen: Cantus in Memoriam Benjamin Britten Pärt (+3 More)

Few living composers communicate with the emotional directness of James MacMillan, and the opportunity to hear two substantial new works in one concert is genuinely rare.

Imagine a vision too wondrous for eyes alone – ‘the lady more brilliant than the sun’. ‘The lady’ is the Virgin Mary, and The Sun Danced is an ecstatic choral celebration of the Miracle of Fatima. It’s no secret that MacMillan’s profound religious belief drives his creativity, but music this powerful conveys a universal message, and the title of his new symphony Le grand Inconnu suggests many possible interpretations. But with Harry Christophers conducting the Britten Sinfonia and The Sixteen, the music will speak eloquently for itself.

English

Le grand Inconnu The Sixteen by Pärt, Britten, MacMillan, From (2019/2019), Conductor Harry Christophers, Barbican Centre, London, United Kingdom

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