Earthcycle
Tue 28 Jan 2025, 7pm£15 – £30 full price | £12.50 – £27.50 concession
Running time: 90 minutes, plus interval
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Presented by Hambletts and Orchestra of the Swan
VIVALDI’S FOUR SEASONS FOR THE 21ST CENTURY
Join the ever-inventive Orchestra of the Swan, following the sold out run of Red Sky at Sunrise, for a multi-sensory, musical journey. Earthcycle celebrates nature and our place within it, whilst highlighting 21st century’s concern with climate change.
Orchestra of the Swan presents an immersive experience with movements from Vivaldi’s Four Seasons performed alongside contrasting works that reflect seasonal change – seamlessly blending classical, jazz and folk, performed by leading folk singer Jackie Oates, with violin, cello, bass, percussion and jazz pianist David Gordon.
David Le Page, Artistic Director for Orchestra of the Swan says: “Earthcycle focuses on the miracle of nature, its preservation, and the idea that if there is enough will to do so, we can mitigate disaster. Art is adept at representing the world as it is and, most usefully, keeping conversations going. It is also the role of Art, I think, to express hope, to challenge complacency, to educate, to dream, to convey the beauty of what we already have, and, above all, to urge us not to take anything for granted.”
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...Orchestra of the Swan continues the classical ensemble’s adventures into bending and breaking genre boundaries. Spliced together here are traditional folk songs, jazz influences and one of classical music’s most familiar masterpieces, Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons. Despite its antiquity – it was composed in 1723 – it provides an apt spine for a programme preoccupied by current environmental issues. In David Gordon’s lithe, gently jazz-laced arrangement, the Baroque juggernaut is a thing of wonder and vitality, the orchestra’s David Le Page a fizzing violin lead, with Gordon shifting between piano and harpsichord dexterously. Ensemble strings and percussion also rise to the occasion, flexing their muscle to produce images alive with onomatopoeic sounds of nature. It’s impossible not to shiver during Gordon’s duet with Le Page on his own ‘Feeling the Chill’. Former BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards-winner Jackie Oates adds English pastoralism to the equation, rustic and robust on ‘Bright Phoebus’, buoyant and spry on ‘The Lark in the Morning’, exquisitely poetic on the affecting ‘The Robin’s Petition’. Disparate though the various elements are, they are perfectly integrated. The curious won’t be disappointed.
Michael Quinn, Songlines ★★★★Mesmeric
Classical Explorer
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