Name: Lollipops and Blood
Start: 2024-05-02T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2024-05-02T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Southbank Centre

Organization

Admin

Southbank Centre

Dirigent

Peter Ash

Orchestra

Odyssey Festival Orchestra

Zanger

Julia Mintzer

Soloist

Soprano

Mrs Waters

Salome

Lollipops and Blood

Londen

Verenigd Koninkrijk

Queen Elizabeth Hall

Lollipops and Blood: Der Schauspieldirektor Mozart (+6 More)

Public

Concert

De toneeldirecteur

Valse triste Op. 44, No. 1

The Gods go a'begging (arr. Thomas Beecham)

Koanga

The Boatswain's Mate

Samson en Delila

Approved

Take a voyage around the repertoire of Sir Thomas Beecham, as the Odyssey Festival Orchestra performs music championed by the legendary conductor.

Beecham (1879 – 1961) was the most influential British conductor of his time. A noted wit, he founded two of London’s four current orchestras: the London Philharmonic and Royal Philharmonic.

He was also a champion of neglected music from the past and of the new music of his own time, in particular the work of Delius, Sibelius and Richard Strauss.

The first half of the concert reflects Beecham’s delight in shorter mood pieces, ‘lollipops’ as he called them. The concert closes with the ‘Dance of the Seven Veils’ and ‘Closing Scene’ of Strauss’ notorious opera Salome, whose UK premiere Beecham presented and which was initially banned by the censor due to its ending, where the heroine kisses the severed head of John the Baptist.

English

Voorstellingscredits (Cast & Productieteam )

Cast

Ensemble