First English concert for Syrian refugees
mainFollowing on from the Danish orchestral fundraiser that we reported earlier, the conductor Nicolas Nebout is putting together a big concert for Syrian refugee children on 11 November at St James’s Piccadilly.
Programme:
Ludwig van Beethoven, Symphony No.5
Gustav Mahler, Kindertotenlieder (soloist: Sarah Connolly)
Malek Jandali, Phoenix in Exile (World Premiere)
Book tickets here.
What a lovely idea, to offer a benefit concert for Syrian refugee children.
I hate to say anything negative about this. However, the symbolism of programming Kindertotenlieder in this context is discomfiting.