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Doors open 7pm, concert starts 7.30pm
Messiaen: L'Ascension
Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde
Philharmonia Britannica
Peter Fender, conductor
Anna Loveday, mezzo-soprano
John Upperton, tenor
The immensely colourful four 'symphonic meditations' by Messiaen called L'Ascension are, as he said himself, "at the service of the dogmas of Catholic theology". That is evidenced by his exploration of plainsong, but he goes much further than one might expect by using birdsong and Hindu thythms. Originally for organ the music is intense and intensely religious. In Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde there are is a strong Eastern philosophical influence throughout the work, which is based on translations of Chinese poetry. It is a symphony in all but name - Mahler not wishing to call it his 9th symphony due to superstition.
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Heaven was formed in June 2006 in Rydułtowy. On the beginning there was 4 people (Dawid, Adam, Marcin, Paweł)But it was at summer holiday and they all go somewhere and they had no idea what kind of music will they play. Heaven takes to work at the end of summer and then came Sandra had join the band. And that how it had started.
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