{"id":3255,"date":"2016-11-01T10:20:19","date_gmt":"2016-11-01T10:20:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.larkreviews.co.uk\/?p=3255"},"modified":"2016-11-01T11:28:23","modified_gmt":"2016-11-01T11:28:23","slug":"3255","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/?p=3255","title":{"rendered":"Hastings Philharmonic – the new look !"},"content":{"rendered":"
On Saturday 12 November <\/b>Hastings Philharmonic<\/strong>, now a choir and an orchestra,\u00a0<\/b><\/div>\n
launch their new ‘Season’\u00a0with the well loved Beethoven’s 9th Choral Symphony\u00a0<\/b><\/div>\n
together with a specially\u00a0commissioned piece by talented young English composer,\u00a0<\/b><\/div>\n
Philip O’Meara. This incorporates a Beethoven theme and Schiller’s ‘Ode to Joy’,\u00a0<\/b><\/div>\n
intertwined with\u00a0Gregorian plainsong. The Choir wishes to be welcomed back to\u00a0<\/b><\/div>\n
its old haunt, the White Rock Theatre (formerly Pavilion), where it famously<\/b><\/div>\n
produced Beethoven’s 9th to a record audience under Sir Malcolm Sargent with\u00a0<\/b><\/div>\n
the ‘Southern\u00a0<\/b>Philharmonic’ orchestra in celebration of the Coronation.<\/b><\/div>\n
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This was in 1953, of course, but in the 1930s, the choir had already performed Beethoven’s 9th\u00a04 times at the White Rock Pavilion under Julius Harrison and the prestigious Hastings Municipal\u00a0Orchestra, always to great acclaim.\u00a0Today’s music director of both choir and orchestra, Marcio\u00a0da Silva, is ambitiously rekindling the spirit of excellence in classical music that prevailed prewar\u00a0when,\u00a0three years in a row (1935-37),\u00a0the \u00a0Hastings Municipal Orchestra broadcast from the White\u00a0Rock\u00a0Pavilion on BBC Radio\u00a0in the prime\u00a0spot after the King’s Speech on Christmas Day.<\/div>\n
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Beethoven’s entire 9th Symphony will be performed with the full professional orchestra, the\u00a0Hastings Philharmonic Orchestra’s first public outing. Philip O’Meara’s choral piece is called ‘No Man’\u00a0and uses the fine words of great writers, Victor Hugo, W B Yeats, John Donne and the book of\u00a0Psalms to depict the stupidity of war and the virtues of friendship and cooperation. ‘No Man is an Island’\u00a0is an appropriate sentiment in this year when Britain’s relationship with continental Europe is being\u00a0reset to acknowledge the Referendum result.<\/div>\n
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Marcio da Silva’s new name for his orchestra, formerly known as\u00a0Ensemble OrQuesta, reflects his\u00a0growing commitment and enthusiasm for living and working in Hastings. He strives towards ever\u00a0improving standards in classical music. The orchestra is building a wonderful reputation among\u00a0‘people in the know’.\u00a0\u00a0This last year in Hastings, Marcio’s musicians produced \u00a0the Brahms\u00a0Requiem, Sibelius’ Violin Concerto, Mozart’s Marriage of Figaro, Faure Requiem and more.\u00a0Lark Reviews has reported on most of these.<\/div>\n
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Marcio da Silva and his wife, Aysen Ulucan, who are both renowned soloist singers, also produced\u00a0recitals together. Aysen is a brilliant virtuoso violinist, who has played\u00a0in concerts\u00a0with Maxim Vengerov.\u00a0Next year’s ‘season’ of classical music in Hastings produced by Marcio will cover 10 orchestral and\u00a0choral concerts, recitals and opera of the usual outstanding quality. Season tickets for the entire year\u00a0will be on sale at \u00a3130.<\/div>\n
For more information see\u00a0http:\/\/hastingsphilharmonic.com\/<\/a>.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Marcio’s musical acumen, zeal and charisma attracts great talent and loyalty from his orchestra and\u00a0soloists which, at this coming concert, will be a cast of international virtuosi – names to watch! New\u00a0Zealander soprano Claire Egan,\u00a0Italian\u00a0mezzosoprano\u00a0Alessandra Fasolo,<\/span>\u00a0Portuguese tenor\u00a0Leonel\u00a0<\/span>Pinheiro, and British baritone Matthew Sprange. This Beethoven concert will be a memorable event\u00a0<\/span>and a waymarker for a whole new World of music in Hastings. Be there at the beginning!<\/span><\/div>\n
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“Hastings and St Leonards, you have real talent with this conductor and choir, make sure you don\u2019t let them go. I urge all and sundry to attend their next concert, wherever and whenever it is. Something special has come to the south coast, and we must all appreciate this new arrival.”\u00a0<\/i>Hastings Observer 19.5.2016 by Peter Georgiadis, former Chairman, Rotary Club of Hastings and former double-bass with many orchestras<\/div>\n
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HASTINGS PHILHARMONIC at the White Rock Theatre, Hastings\u00a0<\/span>TN34 1JX, Saturday 12 November 7.30pm featuring Beethoven’s Symphony n. 9 and Philip O’Meara’s ‘No man’. Tickets \u00a320, \u00a310 and \u00a35 (under 16) – booking fee may apply – \u00a0from White Rock Theatre box office (01424 462288) <\/strong><\/div>\n
and online at \u00a0<\/strong>whiterocktheatre.org.uk<\/a><\/strong><\/div>\n
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