Programme
- Overture: Jason, or The Argonauts and the Sirens
- éé
- Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, ‘Eroica’
DZóí
- Jennifer Johnstonmezzo-soprano
- Sakari Oramoconductor
About this event
Alice Mary Smith defied the expectations of 19th century Britain, and her musical imagination travelled without boundaries. Today, she sets sail with Jason and the Argonauts: just the start of a concert that voyages East onboard Ravel’s ship of dreams, before confronting Napoleon Bonaparte himself in Beethoven’s revolutionary Eroica symphony.
By any standards, it’s an incredible journey – but 鶹Լ SO chief conductor Sakari Oramo is a born explorer, and this is a long overdue chance to hear Smith’s spirited overture. British mezzo-soprano Jennifer Johnston is the soloist in Ravel’s éé: an unashamedly poetic vision of an imagined Orient, sung by a singer whom one critic has described as having “one of the most generous and beautiful voices in the business”.