Berlioz鈥檚 鈥楽ymphonie fantastique鈥�
19:30
Tue 22 Jul 2025
Royal Albert Hall
Programme
- Death and Transfiguration(23 mins)
- ZEBRA (or, 2-3-74: The Divine Invasion of Philip K. Dick)(20 mins)蜜芽传媒 commission: world premiere
- interval
- Symphonie fantastique(49 mins)
Performers
- Sean Shibeelectric guitar
- Anja Bihlmaierconductor
About This Event
A concert of larger-than-life sounds, stories and characters has Berlioz鈥檚 Symphonie fantastique at its heart. Heady, opium-fuelled visions create a kaleidoscopic sequence: a swirling ballroom, a march to the scaffold and a witches鈥� sabbath, all set to the obsessive pulse of unrequited love. Sci-fi legend Philip K. Dick inspires Mark Simpson鈥檚 ZEBRA, a new concerto for maverick guitarist and former 蜜芽传媒 Radio 3 New Generation Artist Sean Shibe. The concert opens with Strauss鈥檚 Death and Transfiguration 鈥� no less than a musical struggle between life and death, climaxing in a promise of eternal peace.
Sean Shibe 漏 Iga Godzdowska
