Hallé Orchestra - Rush Hour: Scheherazade

Tess Jackson conductor Steve Reich orch. Anna Clyne Proverb (World Premiere) 15′ Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade 42′ Let your imagination carry you away with meditative music and compelling storytelling. Reich’s brightly pulsing Proverb considers an idea from the philosopher Wittgenstein: ‘how small a thought it takes to fill a whole life.’ Anna Clyne – the most performed living female composer – has arranged the piece for orchestra, transforming voices into woodwind and electric organs to muted brass to celebrate Reich’s 90th birthday. Inspired by the centuries-old fairytale collection The Thousand and One Nights , when a murderous sultan marries clever Scheherazade, she delays her execution with nightly storytelling and cliff-hanger endings. Here, dynamic British conductor Tess Jackson conducts Rimsky-Korsakov’s fascinating melodies. Stalls foyer post-concert performance Sponsored by CMS