1812 Overture features cannon fire and other Russian composers will feature later in year, says director
A director of the Cardiff Philharmonic Orchestra says it has been taken aback by the backlash against its decisionfrom its forthcoming programme because of the conflict in Ukraine.
Linda Robinson, a teacher who is one of the directors, said Cardiff’s decision was made in consultation with the venue, St David’s Hall, and rejected what she said had been a depiction by some critics of the decision as “anti-Russian”. In fact, three concerts this year will include work by Russian composers, including Sergei Prokofiev and Sergei Rachmaninoff.“It was nothing to do with Tchaikovsky being Russian.
Robinson said the orchestra would play the Ukrainian national anthem at the beginning of the event on 18 March and take a collection for the Ukrainian crisis appeal. Instead of Tchaikovsky, the orchestra will present a programme centred on Antonín Dvořák’s symphony No 8. It will also include John Williams’s The Cowboys Overture and a performance of Edward Elgar’s Enigma Variations in the second half.
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