JERSEY CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
Legends in Concert
A concert of musical legends including the Sleeping Beauty Suite from Tchaikovsky’s melodic ballet, Berlioz’s love scene from his favourite masterpiece Romeo and Juliet, and the dramatic ballet music from the Firebird Suite used in Fantasia by Walt Disney and which took the world by storm following the first performance in Paris one hundred years ago.
The Jersey Chamber Orchestra is directed by Daniel Cohen of the Deutsche Opera. Daniel is one of the most exciting rising stars in the world and is currently much in demand from Los Angeles to Calgary, to Sydney. Daniel is a protégé of Daniel Barenboim. A full symphonic orchestra – with a Jersey Chamber Orchestra added to by additional local players will perform a blockbuster evening of many favourite scores.
The concert opens with the well known chords of Sleeping Beauty – one of the best known and popular ballet scores. It includes the beautiful movement from a pas de deux and the famous waltz – one of the most tuneful of pieces which twirls and dances with excitement. The music expresses the joy of the young sleeping beauty as she dances with her prince after awakening from 100 years of sleep.
The second half opens with Berlioz’s love scene from the work Roméo et Juliette which begins with the offstage voices of the young people making their way home through the moonlit night after the Capulets’ ball,. It was the music Berlioz loved best of any he had written. The ardor of its melodies, the delicacy of coloration, the finesse of poetic detail make it a love scene like no other in music. Finally, the concert takes off metaphorically with the Firebird Suite written for a ballet in Paris. It tells the story of the firebird based on Russian fairy tales of a magical glowing bird that is both a blessing and a curse to its owner.
Programme:
Q & A: 7pm with players from the BBC Symphony Orchestra talking about educational outreach
Concert: 8pm
Tchaikovsky – Sleeping Beauty Suite
Shostakovich – Chamber Symphony
Berlioz – Love scene from Romeo and Juliet
Stravinsky – Firebird Suite
Tickets:
Stalls:
£27.00 / Senior Citizens £26.00
Children and Under 18s £5.00
Dress Circle:
Senior Citizens £34.00
MIA Supporters £31.50
Children and Under 18s £5.00
Upper Circle:
£18.00
Senior Citizens £17.00
MIA Supporters £16.00
Children and Under 18s £5.00