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CONCERT FOR THE PEOPLE OF BATH
John Adams Short Ride in a Fast Machine
Sergei Prokofiev Violin Concerto No.1 in D major The Bath Festival Schools’ Voices Commission
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Jonathan Dove ‘Departure’ from the opera Flight
Sergei Prokofiev ‘Dance’ and ‘Dance of the Knights’ from Romeo & Juliet
Igor Stravinsky The Firebird Suite (1919)
Fasten your seatbelts and let us launch you into the stratosphere for some of the most exhilarating orchestral music ever written. Our annual concert dedicated to the memory of Brian and Margaret Roper encourages future generations to develop their love of classical music. This year global superstar Esther Yoo will perform one of the fastest and most fantastical violin concertos in the world. Partnering a symphonic-sized Bath Philharmonia is a choir of over 100 young people opening up their own worlds through song. To complete the evening, we present the theme tune to the BBC’s The Apprentice and the rhythmic vitality and epic power of Stravinsky’s suite from The Firebird Suite – one of the most thrilling of all ballet scores.
‘Few can match Yoo for sheer technique’
The Guardian
Date: Thursday 18 May
Time: 7.30pm – 9.30pm
Venue: Forum
Price: £5 – £30*
Event code: F12
Generously supported by the Roper Family Trust; an annual concert that encourages future generations to develop their love of classical music, dedicated to the memory of Brian and Margaret Roper.
ABOUT SCHOOLS’ VOICES
Bath Festivals’ Schools’ Voices began in 2022 as a project to bring the community together through song and develop young people’s creative expression. Working in partnership with Bath Philharmonia and local secondary schools, we enable young people to collaborate with each other to write a set of four songs. The Schools’ Voices choir will perform their songs to open the festival at Party in the City and as part of the Concert for the People of Bath.
‘(I learned) how to create such a beautiful sound using different voices’ Participant
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