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The National Youth Orchestra
Alexandre Bloch              conductor
Inbal Segev                       cello

Debussy                             Iberia
Karim Al-Zand                  City Scenes
Anna Clyne                        DANCE cello concerto
Ravel                                   Rapsodie Espagnole

With 160 of Britain’s best young musicians coming together for electrifying performances, The National Youth Orchestra concerts in Nottingham are always special events, delivered with edge-of-the-seat commitment and energy.

Dance is the thread that runs through this concert, beginning with the elegant rhythmic sway of Debussy’s Iberia. The composer spent no more than a few hours in Spain but his impressionist rendering of strumming guitars, sultry Andalusian nights and sun-drenched festivities leaves a lasting impression.  The music of Canadian-American composer Karim Al-Zand has been praised as ‘strong and startlingly lovely’ (Boston Globe), drawing on film, jazz, and world music, and his City Scenes evoke the alluring tumult of urban life in three bustling dances. Anna Clyne wrote her cello concerto for Israeli-American cellist Inbal Segev, and its five movements sing and soar in response to lines from the 13th-century Persian Poet, Rumi. Finally, Ravel’s Rapsodie Espagnole – his first published piece – mirrors Debussy in creating an intoxicating vision of Spain, in this case through four sensuous and colourful movements referencing familiar native dances, including the malaguena and habanera.