Join us for Musical Rainbow Project’s Summer Concert 2023, “The Happy Prince”, and the launch of the Musical Rainbow Chamber Ensemble on Sunday, 25th June and Tuesday, 27th June 2023.
Does real happiness come from being loved, or from loving to the extremes of self-giving? Oscar Wilde’s famous short story about the friendship of a prince and a swallow offers a challenging answer to the real meaning of happiness.
We will be presenting a fresh musical setting of Wilde’s text by Gerard LeFeuvre, alongside Gerald Finzi’s evergreen ‘Eclogue Op. 10’ for Piano and String Orchestra, and Saint-Saëns’ ‘The Carnival of the Animals’.
Programme:
Finzi: Eclogue Op. 10 for Piano and String Orchestra
Saint-Saens: The Carnival of the Animals
LeFeuvre/Wilde: The Happy Prince
(Total Duration: ca. 75 mins plus interval)
Performers:
Musical Rainbow Chamber Ensemble
Matilda Sacco, leader/violin
Imogen Royce, flute
Rebecca Koopmans, bassoon
Ian Lim, harp
Nigel Clayton, piano/narrator
Imma Setiadi, conductor/piano
Support towards the charity works of St John's Upper Norwood and Farm Street Church will be gratefully received through donations at the concerts.
Both venues have step-free access/wheelchair access.
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ORGANISER PROFILE:
The Musical Rainbow Project is run by a group of musicians and performing artists whose aim is to be a beacon of hope and joy through their uniquely devised concerts, breaking boundaries to bring (classical) music closer to the hearts of the listeners and performers. The seed of this project began during the pandemic, when all of us were faced with isolation, when hope seemed to be an intangible reality and the future was (as it still is) full of huge uncertainty. It has been a big learning curve in ‘thinking outside the box’ in the way we do and present our arts, and the way we appreciate life. The ‘Rainbow’ in the name of this project is taken from the story of Noah’s ark, when the rainbow appears as a sign of hope and fidelity from God after the disastrous flood. Encouraged by the Royal Philharmonic Society Enterprise Fund in association with the Harriet’s Trust in 2021, the Musical Rainbow Project started to design a series of concerts to bring hope and joy through music.
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