Symphony of Sorrowful Songs
19:30
Fri 22 Aug 2025
Royal Albert Hall
Programme
- Three Chorales 鈥� No. 1: 鈥楴un komm, der Heiden Heiland鈥�(5 mins)orch. Respighi
- Violin Concerto(30 mins)UK premiere
- interval
- Symphony No. 3, 鈥楽ymphony of Sorrowful Songs鈥�(55 mins)
Performers
- Joshua Bellviolin
- Francesca Chiejinasoprano
- Dalia Stasevskaconductor
About This Event
鈥楶erhaps people find something they need in this piece ... something they were missing.鈥� Henryk Go虂recki鈥檚 鈥楽ymphony of Sorrowful Songs鈥� translates a century鈥檚 loss and pain into sound, gathering up the broken pieces 鈥� of history, prayer and poetry 鈥� and giving them a home in music that鈥檚 as much requiem as a symphony. Joshua Bell is the soloist in Ukraine-born composer Thomas de Hartmann鈥檚 emotive, cinematic Violin Concerto, a lament for the Nazi destruction of his homeland. The concert opens with Respighi鈥檚 warmly expansive reworking of an organ chorale prelude by J. S. Bach.
Joshua Bell 漏 Phil Knott
