Total Immersion: George Walker Events
Sat 26 Nov 2022
- 13:00Milton Court, London
A voice of his own: the Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Singers perform the choral music of George Walker and his contemporaries.
- 15:00Barbican, London
An introduction to some of the works in the Guildhall Musicians’ and Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Symphony Orchestra’s concerts today.
- 17:00Milton Court, London
The world in a grain of sand: as part of today’s Total Immersion in the music of George Walker, Guildhall Musicians perform his songs and chamber music.
The world in a grain of sand: as part of today’s Total Immersion in the music of George Walker, Guildhall Musicians perform his songs and chamber music.
Programme
- Music for Three
- Spektra
- Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 1and songs to poems by A. E. Housman, Robert Burns, Lord Byron, Emily Dickinson, Langston Hughes and others.
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Composers
- 19:45Barbican, London
Alpesh Chauhan conducts four of George Walker’s most potent orchestral works: the climax of a day of Total Immersion in the imagination of this Pulitzer Prize-winning American composer.
Alpesh Chauhan conducts four of George Walker’s most potent orchestral works: the climax of a day of Total Immersion in the imagination of this Pulitzer Prize-winning American composer.
Programme
- Sinfonia no. 2UK premiere
- Lyric for Strings
- Movements for Cello and OrchestraUK premiere
- Sinfonia No. 5, ‘Visions’
- Mass for Soloists, Chorus, and OrchestraUK premiere
Performers
- Alpesh Chauhanconductor
- Laura van der Heijdencellist
- April Koyejo-Audigersoprano
- Zoe Drummondsoprano
- Georgia Mae Bishopmezzo-soprano
- Jessica Gillingwatermezzo-soprano
- Joshua Stewarttenor
- Florian Panzieritenor
- Henry Waddingtonbass
- Frazer Scottbass
- Sarah Playfaircasting consultant
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