Conquering the Antarctic - Cheltenham

  • Conquering the Antarctic - Cheltenham

Vaughan Williams: Extracts from Scott of the Antarctic
Cecilia McDowall: Seventy Degrees Below Zero world premiere
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No 7 Sinfonia Antartica

 

Bath Camerata
Hugh Bonneville narrator
Katherine Watson soprano
Robert Murray tenor
Stephen Layton conductor

 

Cheltenham Town hall
Imperial Square,
Cheltenham, GL50 1QA

www.cheltenhamtownhall.org.uk/

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Dates: 08th February 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, read by Hugh Bonneville. We also perform the world 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 Summerfield Charitable Trust, the Vaughan Williams Charitable Trust, the United Kingdom Antarctic Heritage Trust,  the Richard Hickox Fund for New Music, and the Scott Polar Research Institute.

 

Tickets: £30.00, £25.00, £10.00

 

Image: SPRI, University of Cambridge