At 7pm on Tuesday, March 25, the orchestra will be taking part in a screening of South, the classic 1919 film – exquisitely photographed by Frank Hurley – of Shackleton’s 1914-16 Endurance expedition to Antarctica, during which the ship was crushed by ice, stranding the crew.
Now considered the world’s first documentary feature, South was restored in pre-digital days by the BFI National Archive with its original tinting.
The film was digitally remastered for its centenary release in 2019, with an atmospheric, newly commissioned score by Neil Brand, which will be performed live by members of the BBC Concert Orchestra with conductor Hugh Brunt.
Ticket holders for South can enjoy free admission to Journeys at 8.30pm in the Royal Concert Hall auditorium.
Sit back and enjoy a selection of short original silent films with accompanying bespoke scores, created by talented students from Nottingham Trent University (NTU) and The University of Nottingham (UoN), performed by members of the BBC Concert Orchestra, conducted by Hugh Brunt.
Echoing South: Sir Ernest Shackleton’s Glorious Epic of the Antarctic, the students’ creations were inspired by the theme of journeys, and produced collaboratively by filmmaking, animation, graphic design, and illustration students from NTU, and music composition students from UoN.
Then, on Friday, March 28, the orchestra will be back at the venue.
From The Apprentice to Game of Thrones, Poldark to Pride and Prejudice, the BBC Concert Orchestra brings TV’s best-loved tunes to Nottingham with Radio 3’s Friday Night is Music Night: TV Classics.
Ever heard a good tune on the TV and wondered where it came from? The answer’s probably here, as the BBC Concert Orchestra and its chief conductor Anna-Maria Helsing bring the BBC’s long-running radio show Friday Night is Music Night to Nottingham for a celebration of TV classics, live in concert. This event is part of Soundstage Festival.
For more on how to get tickets for these various performances by BBC Concert Orchestra, you can go to www.trch.co.uk