Earthlight

Vasily Petrenko and
The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Soloist Garry Magee and the Chester Festival Chorus

Friday 25th July 2008 - 7.30pm
Chester Cathedral
Tickets: £32, £28, £23, £14

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Ralph Vaughan Williams
Tallis Fantasia

John Harle
Earthlight (premiere –
commissioned by the Chester
Summer Music Festival)

Claude Debussy
Prelude L’apres midi d’un Faune

Sergei Rachmaninov
Spring Cantata

The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra is one of the UK’s pre-eminent orchestra’s and taking them to the very top is their charismatic chief conductor Vasily Petrenko.

In a dynamic conclusion to this year’s Chester Summer Music Festival, Petrenko conducts a tantalizing programme centring around two major choral works, Rachmaninov’s 'Spring Cantata' and a first performance of 'Earthlight', a work specially commissioned by the Festival from Artist in Residence, John Harle.

Both works richly explore the journey from darkness to light, from destruction to peace. These pieces are complemented by the tranquillity of Vaughan Williams’ Tallis 'Fantasia' and Debussy’s Prelude. This will be an un-miss able evening.

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