Projects and events
Saturday 14th June 2025 / 7:30 PM
Watercolours
Bedřich Smetana – Vltava (Moldau) from Ma Vlast
Edward Elgar – Sea Pictures, Op.37 with soloist Toluwani Idowu
Helena Munktell – Bränningar, Op.19
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Swan Lake Suite, Op.20a
This concert’s music is all themed around natural water. Water is both universal to the human experience but also fiercely regionally and culturally specific. We hear all this in tonight’s programme – we hear music as important to national culture explicitly in Smetana’s Vltava and implicitly in Elgar’s Sea Pictures, we are reminded of the power of water as a backdrop for storytelling in Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake Suite, and of the sea’s power, violence, and expansiveness in Munktell’s Bränningar.
Saturday 1st February 2025 / 7:30 PM
Taraneh Orchestra presents: Artistic Reflections
Jessie Montgomery – Starburst
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Romeo and Juliet, Fantasy Overture
Ottorino Respighi – Botticelli Triptych
Johannes Brahms – Hungarian Dances nos. 5-7
In our debut concert, we showcased and celebrated the long standing links between music and other art forms. Starburst started us off with a bang of Montgomery’s inspiration drawn from a diverse range of music from African-American spirituals, civil rights anthems, modern jazz and film scoring. Brahm’s ‘Hungarian Dances’ reflects the strong links between music and dance while Respighi’s ‘Three Bottecelli Pictures’ is inspired by classical visual art. Finishing off the evening was Tchaikovsky’s ‘Romeo and Juliet Overture’, inspired by Shakespeare’s famous literary work!