220521 Cambridge Philharmonic

Programme

Libby Larsen - Alaska Spring

Jonathan Dove - The Passing of the Year

Rachmaninov - Symphony No 2

Performers

Timothy Redmond - conductor

Tom Primrose - conductor

Cambridge Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorus

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Jonathan Dove has become a regular feature of Cambridge Philharmonic’s programmes, and his vivid choral writing continues to thrill choirs and audiences around the world. His song cycle The Passing of the Year – dedicated to his mother – sets poems by Blake, Dickinson, Peele, Nash, and Tennyson, and is a virtuosic celebration of the movement of the seasons.

Contemporary American composer Libby Larsen’s choral cycle Alaska Spring is a setting of the poetry of Tom Sexton, Poet Laureate of Alaska. The musical and poetic landscapes speak of the frozen North Country; a mirror to Rachmaninov’s imagery in his Second Symphony.

Rachmaninov’s Symphony No. 2 is a swan song for his homeland which was facing such fundamental changes to its social and political landscape. Its luscious nostalgia pines for the Tchaikovsky-infused Romantic Russia of the 19th Century; but the violent march of modernity is never far in the distance.

more about Cambridge Philharmonic

Cambridge Philharmonic is one of the oldest and most distinguished music societies, being founded in 1887, drawing auditioned musicians and a large chorus from in and around the Cambridge area. Under the direction of Music Director, Harry Sever, Cambridge Philharmonic performs a wide range of repertoire as part of its annual concert series, including an opera, family concert, classical and contemporary works. Find out more at cambridgephilharmonic.com