The programme includes Rachmaninoff’s symphony-cantata The Bells, based on a text drawn from Edgar Allan Poe’s poem of the same name.
The performance will feature the Warsaw Philharmonic Choir and three soloists: Estonian soprano Mirjam Mesak, Ukrainian tenor Dmytro Popov and Ukrainian baritone Andrii Kymach.
The Warsaw Philharmonic writes in its programme notes that the motif of bells, "shown in a more direct, illustrative connection with the London soundscape," also appears in Vaughan Williams’ Symphony No. 2, which "evokes nostalgic images of a city with which one of the most outstanding English composers of the 20th century felt strongly connected."
The concert will be repeated on Saturday.
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