17 June, 2014
12:15 PM
ESO Chamber Music
Magna Carta Celebrations at Worcester Cathedral
8 College Yard, Worcester WR1 2LA
12:15 PM
ESO Chamber Music
Magna Carta Celebrations at Worcester Cathedral
8 College Yard, Worcester WR1 2LA
Janine Smith- piano
Cello improvisation based on the subject of freedom.Shostakovich – Sonata in D minor opus 40.
Amazing Grace.
Castelnuovo-Tedesco- Figaro
Possible encore- Casals-Song of the Birds.
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This programme celebrates Magna Carta by exploring the theme of freedom. We begin with a cello improvisation based on the concept of liberty and the rights of the people. The Shostakovich sonata reflects his response to the oppression of the communist regime that he was living under. Amazing Grace tells the story of slave trader John Newton’s conversion and conveys his vision of freedom through the grace of God. Finally The Marriage of Figaro depicts the peasants’ response to the droit de seigneur which gave rulers unlimited powers over their subjects – their comic victory reflects the real curtailing of such powers in Magna Carta.