The 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra performs music by Honneger, Coll and Prokofiev
Spanish passion, flying tackles and comedy at its juiciest: it鈥檚 all about the sensations, as composer-conductor Francisco Coll and pianist Elisabeth Brauss join the 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra, in this free concert live in Croydon.
They call it 'Duende' - the untamed passion at the heart of flamenco. For the poet Federico Garc铆a Lorca, it was 鈥渢hat mysterious power that everyone feels but no philosopher can explain鈥�, and it鈥檚 the driving spirit behind Coll鈥檚 extraordinary Ciudad sin sue帽o (鈥淭he city that never sleeps鈥�), a piano concerto inspired by an impossible dream, played today by the superb Elisabeth Brauss with the composer himself conducting.
A composer always hears things differently, and Coll has made his fantasia the centrepiece of a whole concert inspired by fantasy at it most thrillingly physical. He opens with 贬辞苍别驳驳别谤鈥檚 uninhibited sonic scrum-down before diving into the psychedelic imagination of the young Prokofiev: a musical fairytale where princesses live inside giant oranges and laughter proves an alarmingly potent medicine. You鈥檒l already know the tunes: now hear them in 3D and full colour with the 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra.
Programme:
Arthur Honegger Rugby (Mouvement Symphonique No. 2)
Francisco Coll Ciudad sin sue帽o
Sergei Prokofiev Suite from 'The Love for Three Oranges'
Francisco Coll conductor
Elisabeth Brauss piano
麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra
