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20 February 2025 London (United Kingdom)
Orchestral Masterworks: Myths and Magic
RCM Philharmonic conducted by Natalia Luis-Bassa - Royal College of Music, Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
Program Info: Natalia Luis-Bassa unveils a mystical world of magic and mayhem in a concert that ranges from orchestral classics to game music, plus a world premiere from RCM Composition for Screen Masters student Pierre Catherine-Buffet.
Mussorgsky’s Night on Bald Mountain was inspired by Gogol’s horror-filled folk tale St John’s Eve, which prompted the composer to write what he called a ‘hot-blooded and disordered’ work evoking a witches’ sabbath of unhinged mania – eventually vanquished by tolling bells.
Gabriela Ortiz’s Kauyumari represents a blue deer, a Mexican spirit guide that reminds us of our role as guardians of the planet, and, in an RCM first, we hear game music by Koji Kondo from The Legend of Zelda.
The programme is rounded off by the spirited, rhythmically intricate Dances from Estancia by Ginastera.
modest Mussorgsky - Night on Bald Mountain Gabriela Ortiz - Kauyumari Pierre Catherine-Buffet - Migratory Dove (world premiere) Koji Kondo (arr Nic Raine) - The Legend of Zelda Alberto Ginastera Dances from Estancia op 8a
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