Name: Holst’s The Planets
Start: 2014-08-09T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2014-08-09T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Usher Hall

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BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

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Edinburgh Festival Chorus

Conductor

Donald Runnicles

Edinburgh International Festival

Chorus master

Christopher Bell

Singer

Soprano

Michaela Kaune

Holst’s The Planets

Edinburgh

United Kingdom

Usher Hall

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Private

Sinfonia da Requiem, Op. 20

The Planets

Seven Early Songs

Jnanakumar P

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Bassoonist

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Musette de cour Player

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Viola da gamba

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Baritone

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The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra returns under its formidable Chief Conductor Donald Runnicles for one of the grandest orchestral showpieces in the repertoire: Holst's The Planets.

From its gripping depiction of war in Mars to the serene beauty of Venus, it is a piece of immense profundity and unforgettable melody – and it is followed by composer Colin Matthews's dazzling Pluto, written in 2000 to complement Holst's existing suite.

Beforehand, Runnicles and the BBC SSO perform Britten's moving Sinfonia da Requiem, a deeply felt pacifi st work that prefi gures his famous War Requiem (performed by the Philharmonia Orchestra on Thursday 14 August) by more than two decades. Berg's opulent Seven Early Songs show the influence of Richard Strauss, Wagner and even Debussy, and are performed by German soprano Michaela Kaune.

English

Holst’s The Planets by Britten, Holst, Berg, From (2014/2014), Conductor Donald Runnicles, Usher Hall, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

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