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Hallé Orchestra - Scheherazade
Let your imagination carry you away with meditative music and compelling storytelling.
Reich’s brightly pulsing Proverb considers an idea from the philosopher Wittgenstein: ‘how small a thought it takes to fill a whole life.’
Anna Clyne – the most performed living female composer – has arranged the piece for orchestra, transforming a small ensemble of voice, organ and vibraphones into a full orchestral score to celebrate Reich’s 90th birthday.
Inspired by the centuries-old fairytale collection The Thousand and One Nights, when a murderous sultan marries clever Scheherazade, she delays her execution with nightly storytelling and cliff-hanger endings.
Here, dynamic British conductor Tess Jackson conducts Rimsky-Korsakov’s fascinating melodies.
Hallé Orchestra - Scheherazade Tickets
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