Barbican Concerts

Glagolitic Mass

Tue 12 Oct 2010 7.30pm - Barbican Hall, London

Overview

Overview

Sir Colin Davis

DVORÁK Violin Concerto
JANÁCEK Glagolitic Mass

Sir Colin Davis conductor
Anne-Sophie Mutter violin
Krassimira Stoyanova soprano
Anna Stephany mezzo-soprano
Simon O'Neill tenor
Martin Snell bass
London Symphony Chorus
London Symphony Orchestra

Tonight's concert will also feature Trickster by Sasha Siem conducted by Michael Francis. This short work is part of the UBS Soundscapes: Pioneers series and was commissioned by LSO Discovery.

Tickets: £8 £14 £19 £25 £32

Dvorák’s inspiring concerto (1879) moves from darkness to light. Its rapt and lyrical progression achieves an exhilarating conclusion, drawn from energetic Czech dance. His compatriot Janácek planned ‘to portray faith in the certainty of the nation’ in his choral masterpiece. The Glagolitic Mass (1927) is a highly charged, deeply personal piece – it melds early Christianity with a pagan celebration of nature, and novelist Milan Kundera describes it as ‘more an orgy than a mass.’