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Sat 15 Mar 2008 7:30pm at Town Hall
The direct melodic simplicity and rapt beauty of Sir John Tavener’s music has spoken to an extraordinary cross-section of the public, from aficionados through to the many who were moved by his Song of Athene at the funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales. His music shares the soulful spirituality of Rachmaninov’s Vespers and the slow-burning intensity of Barber’s Agnus Dei (an arrangement of his Adagio for strings). In his latest work, which takes its name from the ninety-nine names of Allah according to Islamic tradition, he reaches out
to a new universalism, embracing the many religions of the world.
£5 – £37.50 TH Classical Plan
David Hill Conductor
Andrew Kennedy Tenor
BBC Symphony Orchestra
BBC Symphony Chorus
Rachmaninov Excerpts from Vespers 15’
Tavener Song of Athene 4’
Barber Agnus Dei 7’
Tavener The Beautiful Names of Allah: A Vision 75’
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