Conductor Sonia Ben-Santamaria has forged an original career path at the crossroads of artistic excellence and transmission. Under her direction, let yourself be swept away by this delicate program, which opens with Benjamin Britten?s Simple Symphony, a youthful work as luminous as it is mischievous. Its four movements, woven from revisited children?s themes, offer a whirlwind of emotions.
The Two Portraits by the same Britten reveal another side of the composer, even more introspective and daring, with a touch of melancholy. As if in counterpoint, the Suite for String Orchestra by Imogen Holst (Gustav Holst?s daughter) unfurls its bewitching atmosphere and wintry light, a little-known nugget between modal freshness and typically British elegance.
Then, Gipps, Elgar and Williams reveal, through their works, a variety of soundscapes, from the delicacy of Cringlemire Garden to the nostalgia of Elgar, via the powerful contrasts of Calm Sea in Summer and High Wind by Grace Williams.
Around the concert
Meet the artists
sat Dec 20, 4 pm ? Salle Molière
Program
Benjamin Britten (1913???1976)
? Simple Symphony Op. 4
? Two Portraits for String Orchestra
Imogen Holst (1907???1984)
Suite for String Orchestra
Ruth Gipps (1921???1999)
Cringlemire Garden, Impression for String Orchestra op. 39
Edward Elgar (1857???1934)
Serenade for Strings opus 20
Grace Williams (1906???1977)
? Calm Sea in Summer
? High Wind
±1h15 without intermission
The Two Portraits by the same Britten reveal another side of the composer, even more introspective and daring, with a touch of melancholy. As if in counterpoint, the Suite for String Orchestra by Imogen Holst (Gustav Holst?s daughter) unfurls its bewitching atmosphere and wintry light, a little-known nugget between modal freshness and typically British elegance.
Then, Gipps, Elgar and Williams reveal, through their works, a variety of soundscapes, from the delicacy of Cringlemire Garden to the nostalgia of Elgar, via the powerful contrasts of Calm Sea in Summer and High Wind by Grace Williams.
Around the concert
Meet the artists
sat Dec 20, 4 pm ? Salle Molière
Program
Benjamin Britten (1913???1976)
? Simple Symphony Op. 4
? Two Portraits for String Orchestra
Imogen Holst (1907???1984)
Suite for String Orchestra
Ruth Gipps (1921???1999)
Cringlemire Garden, Impression for String Orchestra op. 39
Edward Elgar (1857???1934)
Serenade for Strings opus 20
Grace Williams (1906???1977)
? Calm Sea in Summer
? High Wind
±1h15 without intermission
