10th October 2022
The Bardi Symphony Orchestra kicked off their 2022-23 season on Saturday after being invited by Leicester Philharmonic Choir to join them on stage for their Celebration of Vaughan Williams at 150 at De Montfort Hall.
The concert was conducted by LPC music director Stephen Bullamore and commenced with the World Premiere of What man is he by Imogen Holst, a student of Vaughan Williams, for small orchestra and chorus.
Willard Welsford and the Leicester Youth Chorus then sang Thomas Tallis’ original setting of Psalm 2, the theme of which Vaughan Williams later used for the Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis. The Bardi Symphony Orchestra string section then took centre stage with a stirring performance of the Tallis Fantasia.
The second half featured a powerful performance of Vaughan Williams’ First Symphony ‘A Sea Symphony’. The Leicester Philharmonic Choir were joined by a much enlarged Bardi Symphony Orchestra and soloists soprano Nina Bennet and baritone Andrew Davies.
You can next see the Bardi on the De Montfort Hall stage performing Pictures at an Exhibition on Sunday 27th November at 3pm. Find out more here.
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