riSE and fLY @ Southbank Centre

Wednesday, September 17, 2014 - 7:30pm
Youth Orchestra of Bahia

Youth Orchestra of Bahia

Colin Currie and the Youth Orchestra of Bahia perform Julia Wolfe's riSE and fLY and Mahler's First Symphony.

Inspired by New York City street beats and the rhythms of American work song, Julia Wolf'es riSE and fLY is a dazzling work composed especially for Colin Currie.

Borrowing the title from a chain gang work song, Wolfe's intention is to 'take Colin to a new place and to bring something earthy and visceral to the orchestra – to break with formality and get down and dirty.'

The result is a thrilling evocation of street drummers, accordionists, singers, Chinese stringed erhus and the folk tradition of body percussion that fully encapsulates the festival's title, Metal, Wood and Skin.

Southbank Centre - Queen Elizabeth Hall
London, LND United Kingdom