Dalia Stasevska conducts Rachmaninov Symphonic Dances
19:30
Sat 26 Oct 2019
Barbican, London
Composed in the shadow of the Second World War, Britten’s Sinfonia da Requiem opens Dalia Stasevska’s first concert at the Barbican as the ±«Óãtv Symphony Orchestra’s Principal Guest Conductor.
Following Stravinsky’s Symphony of Psalms - a devout musical gesture, re-imagining religious rituals on a symphonic scale, for which the ±«ÓãtvSO are joined by the ±«Óãtv Singers, they complete the concert with Rachmaninov’s exhilarating Symphonic Dances. Although composed just three years before his death, it pulses with exhilarating rhythmic energy, embracing jazz, plainchant and the waltz.