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POPUP OPERA Bellini’s THE CAPULETS & THE MONTAGUES ROMEO & JULIET LIKE YOU’VE NEVER SEEN IT BEFORE 7pm Sat 30 th April One night only. £15/£13 popupopera.co.uk “a vividly intense and gripping performance” PLANET HUGILL “a thrill to watch” PAUL IN LONDON THE SPIRE ST MARK’S CHAPEL, SUSSEX SQ. BRIGHTON
CLASSICAL MUSIC ..................................... A Musical Menagerie Peter, the wolf, and other animals Photo © Kate Benjamin How long have you been with the Sussex Symphony Orchestra? Well, I started it, back in 1993. When I moved to the area I realised that there wasn’t an orchestra which was absolutely representative of the enormous talent we have in Sussex. Of course you’ve got the <strong>Brighton</strong> Philharmonic, but they don’t exist on a day-to-day basis. Our criterion at the SSO is that you have to live or work in Sussex. How many musicians make up the SSO? The average is about 70, but that can go up depending on the piece. How do you communicate with so many people at once? That’s the art and the magic of being a conductor! When people ask what conductors do, there are so many answers: we’re co-ordinators, coaxers, interpreters of the piece of music, balancers... If you really want to see what a conductor does, don’t go to the show, go to the rehearsals. That’s where all the blood, sweat and tears happen, where we take apart a piece and put it back together again. Why did you choose Peter and the Wolf and a Carnival of Animals? They’re two of the classic children’s pieces which introduce the orchestra to kids – and adults too. You have this wonderful story of Peter and the Wolf by Prokofiev, where each character has either a section or a particular instrument. Each one is introduced at the beginning, so you know that as soon as the narrator – which will be Alistair Appleton, who’s a great friend of the orchestra – says, “Peter walks out into the meadow...” you’ll hear the string instruments start to play. Then you’ve got Carnival of the Animals by Saint- Saëns, and the way he’s managed to capture the animals is quite extraordinary. We’re hoping that all the kids and the adults will go away humming the different parts. Do you have to adapt the performance to suit a younger audience? I think you have to be a little bit more flexible. These pieces work so well because it’s very easy to stop and interact with the kids. I absolutely love it when people come with children who have never been to a concert before, watching their little faces light up. We kept with only two pieces because the attention spans of younger children are shorter and we don’t want them to get bored, so we’ll play for about half an hour each section. Do you have any favourite parts of the pieces? I like the end of Peter and the Wolf – because it all ends happily! And there’s a wonderful part in Carnival of the Animals, Aquarium, which is played on a glass harmonica. It’s heavenly, ethereal – you don’t hear it very often. If you were a character in the concert, which instrument would represent you? Ha! Probably the bassoon. It has the fantastic capacity to be very grumpy, and the capacity to be completely and utterly joyous. Rebecca Cunningham interviewed Mark Andrew James Sat 21st <strong>May</strong> 3.30pm, All Saints Church, Hove ....69....
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