Paraorchestra, Charles Hazlewood

Saturday, 30 November 2024

Event times:

19:30

Event location:

National Concert Hall

Event price:

€25.00

About this event

Cathartic and hauntingly beautiful, Henryk Górecki’s Symphony of Sorrowful Songs is an astonishing meditation on loss and transcendence.

Performed by Paraorchestra’s pioneering ensemble of disabled and non-disabled musicians with acclaimed soprano Victoria Oruwari, Charles Hazlewood conducts this harmonic ‘spiritual minimalist’ composition.

Each of the three movements of Symphony of Sorrowful Songs features a Polish lament, taking audiences on an uplifting journey through grief and solace.

Górecki’s masterpiece is preceded by a performance of Schubert's Death and the Maiden: a melancholic, iridescent, and urgent piece realised for a full string orchestra by Mahler.

Tickets €15, €25, €29, €34.50, €39

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