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Vaughan Williams: Extracts from Scott of the Antarctic
Cecilia McDowall: Seventy Degrees Below Zero
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No 7 Sinfonia Antartica
Holst Singers
Hugh Bonneville narrator
Katherine Watson soprano
Robert Murray tenor
Stephen Layton conductor
Cadogan Hall
5 Sloane Terrace,
London, SW1X 9DQ
Dates: 03rd March 2012 at 19.30
This landmark concert tour retraces the steps of Captain Scott’s ill-fated expedition to the South Pole in music, images and words. Excerpts from Vaughan Williams’s film score Scott of the Antarctic are interwoven with moving readings from Scott’s diary, along with the London premiere of Cecilia McDowall’s new piece setting music to words by poet Seán Street, who uses Scott's own letters as his inspiration.
In partnership with the Scott Polar Research Institute
Supported by Arts Council, England, Colwinston Charitable Trust, the RVW Trust, the Vaughan Williams Charitable Trust, the Summerfield Charitable Trust, the United Kingdom Antarctic Heritage Trust, the Richard Hickox Fund for New Music and the Scott Polar Research Institute.
Part of Music Nation and the London 2012 Festival
This first half of this concert will be broadcast on BBC Radio 3 on Sunday 4 March between 9am and 1pm.
