For the first time ever, a large scale orchestral performance featuring the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Dame Sarah Connelly comes to the Dry Berth of Cutty Sark.
Dame Sarah Connelly
As part of a series of concerts at major London museums which combines carefully chosen masterpieces of classical music with art and architecture to be experienced live and digitally worldwide, this concert will focus on the sea, with turbulent and tranquil pieces reflecting its nature by composers including Thomas Adès and Vaughn Williams part of the programme.
It also features Elgar’s Sea Pictures for singer and orchestra – the text for the first of these five songs, The Swimmer, was published in 1870, the same year as the Cutty Sark embarked on her maiden voyage. The last of her kind, Cutty Sark is an iconic record-breaking tea clipper.
The ship is the gateway to ‘Maritime Greenwich’ sharing tales of adventure, global trade and speed at sea. Cutty Sark was placed in Greenwich as a memorial to the Merchant Navy, particularly those who lost their lives in the two world wars. The famous name comes from Robert Burns' poem ‘Tam O'Shanter,’ about a farmer called Tam who is chased by a scantily-clad witch called Nannie, dressed only in a 'cutty sark' – an archaic Scottish name for a short nightdress.
Be sure not to miss out and book tickets now for this special performance on 12th July at https://www.rmg.co.uk/whats-on/cutty-sark/music-x-museums-presented-viking-cruises.