An Arctic Journey

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An Arctic Journey


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Date/Time
Date(s) - 24/09/2022
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm

Location.
Ely Cathedral
The Gallery,
Ely,
East Anglia,
CB7 4DL.


Event Description


Ely Sinfonia

presents

AN ARCTIC JOURNEY

in

Ely Cathedral

on

Saturday September 24th 2022

at 7.30pm

Einojuhani Rautavaara   Cantus Arcticus

Carl Nielsen                     Flute Concerto

Jean Sibelius                    Symphony no 1

with

Steve Bingham, conductor, Thomas Hancox, flute and Ely Sinfonia

Tickets from £10

If you haven’t heard a piece of music in which the soloists are birds – real ones – here’s your chance. Finnish composer Einojuhani Rautavaara based his Cantus Arcticus on recordings taken near the Arctic Circle and in the bogs outside the town of Liminka in northern Finland.  The result is utterly beautiful and surreal, a conversation between the real, represented by the orchestra, and the dreamlike songs of cranes, larks, geese and whooper swans, played all round the Cathedral in surround sound.

We are also thrilled to be joined by Britten Sinfonia’s co-principal flautist, Thomas Hancox, to play Carl Nielsen’s delightful Flute Concerto. Combining piquancy with drive and humour, it is both sophisticated and graceful, demanding virtuoso playing and delicate musicianship from the soloist.

Finally, bask in the lush romanticism of Sibelius’ Symphony no 1 in E minor, a piece filled with pathos and Nordic chill redolent of the fact that it was written just as the Russian Tsar Nicholas II was curtailing Finland’s self-governance.

‘Thomas Hancox enjoys complete technical control, his phrasing is awesome, his tonal quality in all registers is beguiling and he communicates informatively and humorously with his admirers’

The Westmorland Gazette

 

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Website Address: Ely Sinfonia presents AN ARCTIC JOURNEY in Ely Cathedral on Saturday September 24th 2022 at 7.30pm Einojuhani Rautavaara Cantus Arcticus Carl Nielsen Flute Concerto Jean Sibelius Symphony no 1 with Steve Bingham, conductor Thomas Hancox, flute Tickets from £10 Ely Cathedral Box Office (Tel 01353 660349) Email box.office@elycathedral.org https://www.elycathedral.org/events By kind permission of the Dean and Chapter www.elysinfonia.co.uk Registered charity 1161642 Text: If you haven’t heard a piece of music in which the soloists are birds – real ones - here’s your chance. Finnish composer Einojuhani Rautavaara based his Cantus Arcticus on recordings taken near the Arctic Circle and in the bogs outside the town of Liminka in northern Finland. The result is utterly beautiful and surreal, a conversation between the real, represented by the orchestra, and the dreamlike songs of cranes, larks, geese and whooper swans, played all round the Cathedral in surround sound. We are also thrilled to be joined by Britten Sinfonia’s co-principal flautist, Thomas Hancox, to play Carl Nielsen’s delightful Flute Concerto. Combining piquancy with drive and humour, it is both sophisticated and graceful, demanding virtuoso playing and delicate musicianship from the soloist. Finally, bask in the lush romanticism of Sibelius’ Symphony no 1 in E minor, a piece filled with pathos and Nordic chill redolent of the fact that it was written just as the Russian Tsar Nicholas II was curtailing Finland’s self-governance. ‘Thomas Hancox enjoys complete technical control, his phrasing is awesome, his tonal quality in all registers is beguiling and he communicates informatively and humorously with his admirers’ The Westmorland Gazette https://www.facebook.com/events/859110158406127 https://twitter.com/ElySinfonia https://www.instagram.com/elysinfonia/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oy249N_uONo https://www.elycathedral.org/events/ely-sinfonia-an-arctic-journey
Contact Telephone Number: 01353 660349

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