A special Artsreach evening with Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra’s Kokoro
In a year that sees Artsreach celebrate 25 years of touring professional performances throughout rural Dorset, the arts scheme is uniting once more with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra to present four ensemble concerts at venues across the county. With a range of music from across the ages, these chamber concerts will be a delightful chance to experience these outstanding performers in an intimate setting.
The BSO’s contemporary music ensemble Kokoro will give a special performance at St Mary’s Church in Cerne Abbas on Saturday 31 January, and appear again at St Christopher’s Church in Winfrith on Saturday 7 March.In these unique concerts, an all British first half features three short works inspired by the English baroque master Henry Purcell, including a new composition by Kokoro’s composer-in-residence, Hywel Davies, as well as Joe Duddell’s ‘Nightswimming’, which takes its starting point from a song by the American alternative rock band R.E.M.
In the second part of the concert, Kokoro will perform one of the finest achievements by the great French 20th century composer Olivier Messiaen, ‘Quartet for the End of Time’. This extraordinary, visionary and moving piece was composed whilst Messiaen was incarcerated in a German prisoner of war camp, and the premiere, by the composer and three fellow prisoners, was performed to huge audience of prisoner and guards.
Don’t miss this opportunity to experience beautiful, contemporary classical music in two of Artsreach’s longest promoting villages.
Sat 31 January, 7:30pm. St Mary’s Church, Cerne Abbas. 01300 341332
* Please note that Kokoro will also perform a second time in our spring programme *
Sat 7 March, 7:30pm. St Christopher’s Church, Winfrith. 01305 852117
