Name: RPO Journeys of Discovery: Awakening
Start: 2022-10-02T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2022-10-02T00:00:00.000Z
Location: South Bank Centre

Organization

Conductor

Vasily Petrenko

Pianist

Simon Trpčeski

Southbank Centre

Orchestra

Part of Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

RPO Journeys of Discovery: Awakening

London

United Kingdom

Royal Festival Hall

RPO Journeys of Discovery: Awakening: Concert Various

Public

Concert

Approved

South Bank Centre

Accordionist

Instrumentalist

Archlutenist

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Bassist

Bassoonist

Cellist

Clarinetist

Contrabassist

Cornettist

Flutist

Guitarist

Harper

Harpsichordist

Hornist

Lutenist

Mandoline Player

Musette de cour Player

Oboist

Organist

Percussionist

Recorder Player

Saxophonist

Tenor Violinist

Theorbist

Timpani

Trombonist

Trumpeter

Tuba Player

Vibraphonist

Viola Pomposa Player

Viola da gamba

Viola d’amore Player

Violinist

Violino Piccolo Player

Violist

Actor

Broadcasting

Choir

Choreographer

Chorus Director

Chorus master

Composer

Costume designer

Dancer

Dramaturge

Executive producer

Extra

Hairstylist

Illustrator

Librettist

Lighting designer

Makeup artist

Orchestra Operations

Other

Photographer

Poet

Repetiteur

Set designer

Sound designer

Stage Manager

Stage director

Teacher

Translator

Video designer

Vocal coach

Wig & Makeup Designer

Writer

Writing and performance

Mezzo-soprano

Singer

Bass

Tenor

Countertenor

Bass-baritone

Baritone

Contralto

Soprano

Alto

Child vocalist

Continuo

Silent

Spoken

The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Vasily Petrenko and pianist Simon Trpčeski, perform a programme of music representing Romanticism in all its colours.

It starts and ends in utter darkness, casting the moments of light and revelation in sharp relief.

In his overture, Wagner underscores Faust’s pact with the devil with music of fear and trepidation.

After its famous sunrise, Strauss' tone poem Also sprach Zarathustra fades into a question mark at the stroke of midnight.

Both give us heroes who are reaching desperately for enlightenment, either grappling with evil forces or declaring ‘God is dead’.

For Faust, the struggle is between faith, intellect and passion. For Zarathustra, the prophet, only humanity can solve its own riddles.

This is German Romanticism at its headiest, with music that is both brooding and bold. Wagner’s ‘unending melody’ is the perfect match for Faust’s yearning and deep-held passions, while Strauss takes us in nine imaginative scenes from desolation to a mountain-top awakening and the dawn of a new understanding.

Mountains of a different kind define Grieg’s piano concerto, the melodic richness of which echoes the beauty of the fjords. The finale is inspired by a folk fiddle dance that challenges how high the dancers can jump.

This is a work that invites you to embrace the simpler pleasures in life, performed by the unforgettable Trpčeski.

English

RPO Journeys of Discovery: Awakening by Various, From (2022/2022), Conductor Vasily Petrenko, South Bank Centre, London, United Kingdom

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Crew

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Programme, About & Synopsis

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