Symphonie Fantastique
Saturday 12th March 2016
Venue: Ely Cathedral
Category: Classical Music
One Liner: Fantastically French
Price Info: £22.50/£17.50/£12/£7
Time Info: 19.30-21.30
Symphonie Fantastique was one of the most extraordinary pieces of its time – perhaps (to quote Leonard Bernstein) the first musical trip into psychedelia. It was to bring fame and notoriety to 26-year-old composer, Hector Berlioz, and its colourful, surreal nature still thrills audiences today.
This is the centrepiece of a fabulous concert by Ely Sinfonia in Ely Cathedral on Saturday 12th March, which will also include two other major French works. Who is not familiar with Saint-Saëns’ highly evocative Danse Macabre, a tone poem for orchestra based on a medieval legend about the power and universality of death? In contrast, a train journey through the region was the inspiration for Joseph Canteloube’s delightful, but rarely performed collection of Songs from the Auvergne, being performed by locally based soprano Tara Bungard. A truly fantastical French evening!
Tickets cost £22.50, £17.50 or £12 (reserved) or £7.50 (unreserved). Concessions cost £12 in £17.50 seats. They are available from Ely Cathedral Box Office, tel 01353 660349, email box.office@elycathedral.org or online from https://tickets.elycathedral.org
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