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Music of Revolution

Presented by: Philharmonia Britannica
0LONDON: St John's Church
PSaturday 1st December, 2012
N7:30pm

Event information

Beethoven: Egmont Overture
Shostakovitch: Symphony No.11 - 'The Year 1905'
Plus: Revolutionary choruses, and songs from across the world (to include 'Va pensiero' and 'Nkosi Sikelel')

Music reflecting revolutionary historical struggles. The fight of Count Egmont against the despotic Duke of Alba is captured in Beethoven's powerful overture 'Egmont', and the Russian revoloution of 1905 is powerfully encapsulated in Shostakovitch's masterful 11th Symphony. Plus revolutionary choruses, arias and songs from conflicts around the world!

Peter Fender Conductor
With: Colliers Wood Chorus

NB Under 19s get in for just £5 ... don't buy a ticket just pay on the door.


Venue information

LONDON: St John's Church
0Waterloo Road
London
SE1 8TY
> www.ph-br.co.uk/concerts.html
` Opposite Waterloo Station