Total Immersion: George Walker Events
Sat 26 Nov 2022
- 13:00Milton Court, London
A voice of his own: the BBC Singers perform the choral music of George Walker and his contemporaries.
- 15:00Barbican, London
An introduction to some of the works in the Guildhall Musicians’ and BBC Symphony Orchestra’s concerts today.
Also part ofBBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus 2022-23 Season - 17:00Milton Court, London
The world in a grain of sand: as part of today’s Total Immersion in the music of George Walker, Guildhall Musicians perform his songs and chamber music.
The world in a grain of sand: as part of today’s Total Immersion in the music of George Walker, Guildhall Musicians perform his songs and chamber music.
Programme
- Music for Three
- Spektra
- Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 1and songs to poems by A. E. Housman, Robert Burns, Lord Byron, Emily Dickinson, Langston Hughes and others.
Performers
Composers
Also part ofBBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus 2022-23 Season - 19:45Barbican, London
Alpesh Chauhan conducts four of George Walker’s most potent orchestral works: the climax of a day of Total Immersion in the imagination of this Pulitzer Prize-winning American composer.
Alpesh Chauhan conducts four of George Walker’s most potent orchestral works: the climax of a day of Total Immersion in the imagination of this Pulitzer Prize-winning American composer.
Programme
- Sinfonia no. 2UK premiere
- Lyric for Strings
- Movements for Cello and OrchestraUK premiere
- Sinfonia No. 5, ‘Visions’
- Mass for Soloists, Chorus, and OrchestraUK premiere
Performers
- Alpesh Chauhanconductor
- Laura van der Heijdencellist
- April Koyejo-Audigersoprano
- Zoe Drummondsoprano
- Georgia Mae Bishopmezzo-soprano
- Jessica Gillingwatermezzo-soprano
- Joshua Stewarttenor
- Florian Panzieritenor
- Henry Waddingtonbass
- Frazer Scottbass
- Sarah Playfaircasting consultant
Composers
Also part ofBBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus 2022-23 Season
