Performances of Henry Purcell at BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

Fri 26 Feb 2027

• 20:00

  Grave Tidings

  Royal Northern College of Music

  Guitarist Sean Shibe collaborates with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra to present an intimate programme at the RNCM examining the pageantry, rites and emotions of funeral music, ancient and modern.

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  Guitarist Sean Shibe collaborates with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra to present an intimate programme at the RNCM examining the pageantry, rites and emotions of funeral music, ancient and modern.

  Programme

  • • • Henry Purcell
      • Funeral Music for Queen Mary (‘March’ and ‘Canzona’)
    • • Anton Bruckner
      • Aequale I & II
    • • Sir George Benjamin
      • Fantasia 7 after Henry Purcell
    • • Julia Wolfe
      • Reeling
    • • Alex Paxton
      • Needy Mouth Corners
    • • Cassandra Miller
      • Chanter
    • • György Kurtág
      • Grabstein fur Stephan

  Performers

  • BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Naomi Woo

    conductor/keyboards
    conductor/keyboards
  • Sean Shibe

    guitar
    guitar

  Composers

  • Henry Purcell
  • Anton Bruckner
  • Sir George Benjamin
  • Julia Wolfe
  • Alex Paxton
  • Cassandra Miller
  • György Kurtág

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