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PLAY! Charles Hazlewood with Army of Generals and the British Paraorchestra

,Barbican Hall

Dust off your SNESs, N64s and boot up your Playstations as Charles Hazlewood takes us on a musical adventure into some of the gaming world’s most memorable soundtracks.

PLAY! is a symphonic roller-coaster ride of classic computer game themes alongside the orchestral works that paved the way. Taking Holst’s The Planets and Strauss’s iconic tone poems as a starting point, the programme takes in the high-octane pursuit of Grand Theft Auto, the legendary theme to Tetris, the cinematic soundtrack to Final Fantasy VIII and many more.

First performed to a rapt audience at Glastonbury Festival 2017, Play! is conducted by Hazlewood and performed by a forty-piece ensemble of musicians from the electrifying Army of Generals and members of the world’s only professional collective of disabled musicians, the British Paraorchestra. Also confirmed to appear as a special guest is BBC's All Together Now finalist Victoria Oruwari, who will provide vocals for 'Everybody's Gone To The Rapture' by Jessica Curry.

Tagged with: Contemporary music Classical music

Programme

  • Strauss   Also Sprach Zarathustra, opening
  • Sonic The Hedgehog  
  • Holst Mars from The Planets  
  • Final Fantasy Theme  
  • Tetris  
  • Tchaikovsky   Sugarplum Fairy
  • Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare Main Menu Theme  
  • Stravinsky   Petrushka, opening
  • Mass Effect - Suicide Mission  
  • Mussorgsky   Night on Bare Mountain
  • Debussy   Clair de Lune
  • Angry Birds  
  • Bioshock The Ocean on his Shoulders  
  • Grand theft Auto 4: Soviet Connection  
  • Dvorak   Symphony Finale, opening
  • Assassins Creed IV: Black Flag - Suite  

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