CBSO The Planets

Wednesday 15 February - Saturday 18 February 2012, 7:00pm

Symphony Hall

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Strange new worlds… Holst’s Planets Suite isn’t just famous for great tunes like Jupiter and Mars; it’s a musical odyssey to infinity and beyond, filled with sounds of jaw-dropping strangeness and beauty. It’ll be a dazzling showcase for the CBSO’s superb young principal guest conductor Edward Gardner – and he’ll be our guide on two more fantastic journeys: Szymanowski’s ravishing Stabat Mater written in the 1920s, and the sensuous oriental dreamscape of Dukas’s La Péri, part of our celebration of the year 1912.

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City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Edward Gardner conductor
Sarah Fox soprano
Pamela Helen Stephen mezzo
James Creswell bass
CBSO Chorus

Dukas La Péri 19’
Szymanowski Stabat Mater 23’
(Sung in Polish with English surtitles)
Holst The Planets 55’

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Wed 15 Feb	7:30pm		£10, £14.50, £19, £22.50, £25, £30, £34.50, £37.50, £39.50*
Sat 18 Feb	7:00pm		£10, £14.50, £19, £22.50, £25, £30, £34.50, £37.50, £39.50

£10, £14.50, £19, £22.50, £25, £30, £34.50, £37.50, £39.50*

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