A prolific recording artist and champion of new works for percussion and orchestra, Dame Evelyn Glennie performs American composer Jennifer Higdon’s fascinating Percussion Concerto, a work that was written in 2005 for percussionist Colin Currie
Date/Time: Oct 29 2017, 2:00 pm to 4:10 pm
Vancouver, The Orpheum | Event calendarCost: $22.00
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Bramwell Tovey - Conductor
Dame Evelyn Glennie - percussion*
Repertoire
- Jennifer Higdon: Percussion Concerto*
- Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10 in E minor
THE MUSIC:
The piece was commissioned by the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra and the Dallas Symphony Orchestra and was first performed in 2005, with Colin Currie as the soloist. It is an incredibly diverse, musically rich and exciting exploration of the various sonic possibilities of percussion with orchestra.
Maestro Tovey conducts in a program that also features one of the great symphonies of the 20th century, Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 10. This work is filled with tragedy, fear, violence and emotion, but, finally, marked by the triumph of the human spirit over a crushing and oppressive regime.
THE ARTISTS:
Maestro Bramwell Tovey is the VSO’s longest-serving Music Director, entering his 18th and final season with the VSO in the 2017/2018 Season. Maestro Tovey’s accomplishments with the VSO, including touring, GRAMMY and Juno Awards, the VSO School of Music, the Orchestral Institute at Whistler, the many Music Education programs, and the artistic successes and growth of the orchestra will be celebrated throughout his final year as VSO Music Director.
Dame Evelyn Glennie is the world’s foremost solo percussionist, and a passionate advocate of music education. She has been profoundly deaf since the age of twelve, and has made it her mission to to improve communication and social cohesion by encouraging everyone to discover new ways of listening. A leading commissioner of new works for solo percussion, Evelyn has more than 200 pieces to her name from many of the world’s most eminent composers. A double GRAMMY award winner and BAFTA nominee Evelyn is in demand as a composer in her own right and records high quality music for film, television and music library companies. The film ‘Touch the Sound’ and her enlightening TED speech remain key testimonies to her approach to sound-creation.
Timing, Box Office and Concert Information: This concert will be approximately 2 hours and 10 minutes in length, including a 20-minute intermission. The Orpheum Box Office opens 2 hours prior to performance start time. Doors open 75 minutes ahead of performance time. Pre-Concert Talk begins at 7:05pm in the auditorium. If you have chose to pick up tickets at Will Call, please arrive at least 30 minutes before performance start time to pick up your tickets.
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