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Musica Dolorosa

Musica Dolorosa

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7pm Saturday 4 September
Ferry Road Studios

Conductor Marco Zuccarini
Soloist Amelia Coleman (Cor Anglais)

Villa-Lobos Dawn in a Tropical Forest
Williamson Our Man in Havana
Williamson Epitaph No.1 for Dame Edith Sitwell
Vasks Cor Anglais Concerto
Vasks Musica Dolorosa

Exceptional composers imbue their music with the light and textures of their landscapes. Latvian Peteris Vasks instils Baltic light, the Latvian landscape, forests at night, sparkling waters and a freshness in his music. His compositions are very representative of his time, yet refl ect centuries of Latvian traditions that survived generations of repression and domination by outside powers. The Cor Anglais Concerto is a sublime work with evocative pastoral elements. Musica Dolorosa is a heartfelt threnody written after the death of Vasks' sister. This deeply personal work could be said to mirror the painful struggle by the oppressed Latvian people at the point of their overthrow of Soviet domination.

Sir Malcolm Williamson was one of our greatest voices in music. His suite Our Man In Havana is full of contrasts-Cuban rhythms, outrageous colour and dark undercurrents. It remains one of his most acclaimed scores.