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BBC SO Totally Tanglewood

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An image of Ryan standing on the grassy river bank, a dramatic grey sky overhead

The culmination of the BBC SO’s immersive celebration of Tanglewood, the home of contemporary orchestral music in America, includes the world premiere of Bernard Rands’s Symphonic Fantasy.

Ryan Wigglesworth conducts this symphonic celebration of Tanglewood and its legacy. Included are two premieres with a transatlantic feel: the first performance of a new score by British-born American Bernard Rands, and the UK premiere of Helen Grime’s Tanglewood-commissioned Liminia – a musical arch stretching from monumental density to tender quietness.

British masterpieces bookend the concert: Knussen’s bright and percussive fanfares, and Britten’s hybrid symphonic celebration of ‘the reawakening of the earth and of life,’ his Spring Symphony.

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The performance will finish at approximately 9.30pm. It includes a 20 minute interval.

Programme

  • Knussen   Fanfares for Tanglewood
  • Copland   Symphony No 2, Short Symphony
  • Helen Grime   Limina (UK premiere)
  • Bernard Rands   Symphonic Fantasy (UK premiere, BBC co-commission)
  • Britten   Spring Symphony

Performers

  • BBC Symphony Orchestra  
  • Ryan Wigglesworth   conductor
  • BBC Symphony Chorus  
  • Trinity Boys Choir  
  • Kitty Whately   mezzo-soprano
  • Eleanor Dennis   soprano
  • Sam Furness   tenor

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What is Tanglewood? 

11am, Fountain Room

 

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3.30pm, Fountain Room

 

Free events, limited capacity but admission guaranteed to Day Pass holders 

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Location
The Barbican Hall is located within the main Barbican building. Head to Level G and follow the signs to find your seating level. 

Address
Barbican Centre
Silk Street, London
EC2Y 8DS

Public transport
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