Thursday 30.10.2025 2.00pm FANTASIA: FROM JAPAN TO PARIS Afternoon Performances on sale from 15 May 2025 £17.50 (includes restoration fund) – Early Bird Rate £20.50 (includes restoration fund) – if bought less than 2 weeks before the concert Tōru Takemitsu - Green OLIVER KNUSSEN - O Hototogisu! - fragment of a Japonisme RAVEL - Shéhérazade _interval_ MARK-ANTHONY TURNAGE - On Opened Ground† RAVEL - La Valse LAWRENCE POWER viola† CLAIRE BOOTH soprano MATTHEW HIGHAM flute RYAN WIGGLESWORTH conductor Inspiration comes in many colours. Oliver Knussen heard a messenger from another world in the song of a Japanese cuckoo. Mark-Anthony Turnage’s viola concerto turns rough magic into poetry, and Tōru Takemitsu heard, as well as saw, the colours of his garden. A fascination with nature, a love of the East and a shared passion for the endlessly subtle hues of French music: delicate and beautiful threads link the different pieces in this programme from Ryan Wigglesworth, soprano Claire Booth and viola virtuoso Lawrence Power. But Ravel’s luscious oriental songs – and his whirling, dizzying vision of a world waltzing on the brink – tie them all together, in a concert to touch the heart and ravish the ear. _Seating for Afternoon Performances is unreserved_