ELEGY JOURNEY RESILIENCE
War and peace meet in music of remembrance, journeying, and hardwon joy. Ravel opens with Le Tombeau de Couperin, his 1917 suite reimagined for orchestra: Baroque dance forms refracted through glittering colour, sudden shifts of light and delicately layered sound.
Vaughan Williams then turns inward with Songs of Travel, sung here by baritone Steffan Lloyd Owen, tales of the wanderer shaped by folk song and hymn-like warmth.
The journey then turns north with Sibelius’s Symphony No. 1 in E minor, a work that announces the arrival of a distinctive symphonic voice. Premiered in 1899, its brooding clarinet opening leads without pause into bold drama, while striking string and woodwind solos shape music alive with urgency and sweep. Though echoes of Tchaikovsky’s lyricism and Romantic intensity, the symphony speaks with unmistakable individuality, culminating in a hammering scherzo and a finale of stirring force.
Artists:
Ryan Bancroft - Conductor
Steffan Lloyd Owen - Baritone
Repertoire:
Ravel Le Tombeau de Couperin
Vaughan-Williams Songs of Travel
Interval
Sibelius Symphony No.1
Age guidance: No Under 2s, please note that all under 16s must be seated with an adult aged 18 or above.
Start time: 7.30pm
Wheelchair Accessibility
We have 4 wheelchair and companion seats available that are located in Row O at the back of our orchestra hall.
If you have any assistance needs and wish to discuss this before booking, please contact our Customer Relations team. You can do this via our webchat service or by emailing tickets@wmc.org.uk
HYNT SCHEME
Free tickets for carers and companions. Find out more about the Hynt access scheme.
All offers subject to selected seats, allocations and availability.
