Evelyn Glennie and Scheherazade
Sunday 1 December, 2.45pm at Brighton Dome Concert Hall, Church Street, Brighton, East Sussex, BN1 1UD
Programme
Peter Maxwell Davies – An Orkney Wedding, with Sunrise
Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov – Scheherazade, Op.35
James MacMillan – Veni, Veni, Emmanuel
Performers
Evelyn Glennie – Percussion
Geoffrey Paterson – Conductor
Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra
Programme Note
A dazzling programme from the Scottish Highlands to fairy tales from Arabia, complete with a bagpiper and one of Britain’s greatest soloists. Percussionist Dame Evelyn Glennie joins Brighton Philharmonic for one of her signature pieces: James MacMillan’s Veni, Veni, Emmanuel.
Taking the Advent plainsong as its basis, MacMillan’s tour de force still packs the punch even twenty years after its BBC Proms premiere. Now in the pantheon of contemporary classics, it still sounds wonderfully imaginative, rhythmically impulsive and vibrantly colourful, and will be an unforgettable experience.
The young conductor Geoffrey Paterson takes the helm once more after his debut with the Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra last season, starting with Peter Maxwell Davies’ ebullient An Orkney Wedding, with Sunrise, replete with shouts of glee and a bagpiper. After the interval, the ravishingly beautiful Scheherazade tells the story of A Thousand and One Nights in Rimsky-Korsakov’s most popular and glittering score.
‘A true master in joy: Evelyn Glennie’s performance was mesmerising and deeply sensitive.’ – The Telegraph