The Hallé Presents Philip Glass: Angélique Kidjo Ifé Songs
Schedule
Thu Feb 13 2025 at 07:30 pm
UTC+00:00Location
The Bridgewater Hall | Manchester, EN
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Over the course of three days, in collaboration with the RNCM, the Hallé brings you a festival celebrating his best-loved works.Angélique Kidjo – singer-songwriter, Grammy Award winner, activist – has a star-studded career spanning five decades. Tonight, she steps onto The Bridgewater Hall stage alongside Robert Ames, a skilled interpreter of Glass’s work and ‘a super connector in modern music’ (The Guardian), to perform the UK premiere of Ifé Songs – written especially for her. The composer said of the work: ‘Angélique, together we have built a bridge that no one has walked on before.’
Days and Nights in Rocinha is a thrilling tribute to the Rio de Janeiro neighbourhood. In true Glass style, it begins softly, slowly building and developing with increasingly complex percussive rhythms until it reaches a glorious climax.
Glass’s Eleventh Symphony – sometimes reflective, sometimes fizzing with rhythmic textures, always fascinating – closes the programme.
PROGRAMME
- Glass: Days and Nights in Rochina
- Glass: Ifé Songs (UK Premiere)
- Glass: Symphony No.11
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Where is it happening?
The Bridgewater Hall, A-Box, Lower Mosley Street, Manchester, M2 3WS, United Kingdom,Manchester, United KingdomEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
