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24 October 2024 Nottingham (United Kingdom)
Symphonic Concert
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Andrew Manze - Nottingham Royal Concert Hall
Program Info: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra Andrew Manze, conductor Mark Bebbington, piano Cantamus Girls Choir
This colourful all-English programme takes off with William Walton’s music for the climactic aerial duel of Guy Hamilton’s classic 1969 movie. Walton was originally booked to compose the entire film score before MGM’s studio executives abruptly side-lined him in favour of Ron Goodwin. Walton’s battle scene was the only section that remained of his music but it’s also the film’s most memorable moment, capturing the altitudinous, rapid-firing action with breathless energy. Walton’s near contemporary, Sir Arthur Bliss, wrote his commanding Piano Concerto in 1939 for the New York World’s Fair. Appealing directly to American optimism, Bliss matched rhythmic drive with Romantic expression, setting a stiff test for the soloist whilst ensuring an exhilarating ride for the audience.
Also written during a time of conflict, Gustav Holst’s The Planets shares some of Bliss’s martial qualities, not least in the mechanistic ferocity of Mars, the Bringer of War. Holst’s main inspiration, though, was his interest in astrology which vividly colours each planet, from the buoyant spirits of Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity, to the ethereal chill of Neptune, the Mystic. Over a century after its first performance, it remains one of the most brilliantly original works for orchestra, making spectacular use of its huge orchestral forces.
William Walton - Spitfire Music and Battle in the Air from Battle of Britain Arthur Bliss - Piano Concerto Gustav Holst - The Planets
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