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Wigglesworth conducts Debussy and Berg

BBC Symphony Orchestra/Ryan Wigglesworth

Ryan Wigglesworth facing the camera, with blue circular swirls surrounding him

Poetry unlocks the imagination, as Ryan Wigglesworth and soprano Sophie Bevan plunge into the wild, wondrous sonic universe of Claude Debussy and Alban Berg. 

'Let us fly without rest or pause into the land of my dreams…' For Claude Debussy, the poetry of Baudelaire conjured new and ravishing colours, just waiting to be transformed into sound. Over in 1890s Vienna, meanwhile, those same verses unlocked dark passions and wild (sometimes dangerous) imaginings – a glorious, iridescent turmoil into which Alban Berg dived headlong.

So don’t expect Ryan Wigglesworth to hold back, as he joins the BBC Symphony Orchestra in a concert of shimmering hues and pure, intoxicating sensuality. Soprano Sophie Bevan joins him on this journey into delirium – perfect music for a singer who’s been described as ”magnetic”. And to finish, the upper voices of the BBC Symphony Chorus bring a special enchantment to Debussy’s luminous Nocturnes.

This performance will finish at approximately 9.15pm, including a 20-minute interval

Promoted by BBC Symphony Orchestra

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