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91Èȱ¬ Symphony Orchestra & Chorus 2017-18 Season Bernstein's Songfest & Plato-inspired Serenade

91Èȱ¬ Symphony Orchestra
Bernstein's Songfest & Plato-inspired Serenade
19:30 Sat 27 Jan 2018 Barbican, London
A rare chance to hear Bernstein’s song-cycle Songfest and his Plato-inspired Serenade in a concert launched with the fireworks of Candide’s Overture.
A rare chance to hear Bernstein’s song-cycle Songfest and his Plato-inspired Serenade in a concert launched with the fireworks of Candide’s Overture.

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Three very different faces of Leonard Bernstein in one concert. The Overture to his opera Candide shows not just his virtuosity at orchestra but his wit and knowledge of bel canto opera too – it’s one of his most sparkling scores.

The Serenade, a philosophical reflection, is his violin concerto in all but name and has become increasingly popular in recent years.

Songfest, which Bernstein himself conducted at the 1988 91Èȱ¬ Proms, is an orchestral song-cycle for six soloists and orchestra. It celebrates many of the things closest to his heart in a dozen beautifully chosen poems, ranging from Walt Whitman and Edgar Allen Poe to Gertrude Stein and EE Cummings.

David Charles Abell, who worked with Bernstein during the 1980s, takes up the baton.