The Hallé Rush Hour: Scheherazade

Tess Jackson conductor

Steve Reich orch. Anna Clyne Proverb (World Premiere)              15′
Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade  42′

Let your imagination carry you away with meditative music and compelling storytelling.

Reich’s brightly pulsing Proverb considers an idea from the philosopher Wittgenstein: ‘how small a thought it takes to fill a whole life.’

Anna Clyne – the most performed living female composer – has arranged the piece for orchestra, transforming voices into woodwind and electric organs to muted brass to celebrate Reich’s 90th birthday.

Inspired by the centuries-old fairytale collection The Thousand and One Nights, when a murderous sultan marries clever Scheherazade, she delays her execution with nightly storytelling and cliff-hanger endings.

Here, dynamic British conductor Tess Jackson conducts Rimsky-Korsakov’s fascinating melodies.

Stalls foyer post-concert performance