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VenueSadler's Wells Theatre
TownInner London
CountyGreater London
From20th June 2008
To22nd June 2008
PricesFrom £10.00. To £50.00.
Sadler's Wells Theatre (V224)
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The Pilgrim's Progress

The Pilgrim's Progress

Work:: The Pilgrim's Progress (S2057)

Adaptation of John Bunyan's great work. Premiered during the 1951 Festival of Britain, Vaughan Williams's sublime ?morality' charts the trials, tribulations, temptations and revelations that Bunyan's questing Pilgrim encounters on his physical and spiritual progress ?from this world to that which is to come'.
Author Vaughan Williams

Production:: (T01587217879)

Semi Staged. The Philharmonia Orchestra present two special semi-staged performances of The Pilgrim's Progress to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of Vaughan Williams’ death. The last of Vaughan Williams’ operas and a labour of love for the composer for forty years, The Pilgrim’s Progress is today regarded as one of his finest works, brimming with expressive musical ideas. It tells of a pilgrim's journey to the Celestial City. He battles with The Devil, visits Vanity Fair, gets imprisoned and finds a pastoral idyll in the Delectable Mountains. The music is occasionally scary, at other times witty, but the overarching impression is one of visionary beauty and nobility. The opera exhibits all of Vaughan Williams’ range, from the Tallis Fantasia through the Pastoral Symphony, and a lifetime devoted to setting the greatest English poetry.
Company Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor Richard Hickox
Performer Roderick Williams (The Pilgrim)
Performer Neal Davies (John Bunyan)
Performer Matthew Rose
Performer Richard Coxon
Performer Matthew Brook
Performer Timothy Robinson
Performer Sarah Fox
Performer Sarah Tynan
Performer Pamela Helen Stephen
Performer James Gilchrist
Performer Robert Hayward
Performer Graeme Danby
Company Philharmonia Voices

Listing:: L01463999544




Production details

Semi Staged. The Philharmonia Orchestra present two special semi-staged performances of The Pilgrim's Progress to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of Vaughan Williams’ death. The last of Vaughan Williams’ operas and a labour of love for the composer for forty years, The Pilgrim’s Progress is today regarded as one of his finest works, brimming with expressive musical ideas. It tells of a pilgrim's journey to the Celestial City. He battles with The Devil, visits Vanity Fair, gets imprisoned and finds a pastoral idyll in the Delectable Mountains. The music is occasionally scary, at other times witty, but the overarching impression is one of visionary beauty and nobility. The opera exhibits all of Vaughan Williams’ range, from the Tallis Fantasia through the Pastoral Symphony, and a lifetime devoted to setting the greatest English poetry.

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