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Chromatica Orchestra

Surface and Shadow - Film Music Concert

Name: Surface and Shadow - Film Music Concert
Start: 2026-10-14T19:00:00+01:00
End: 2026-10-14T21:30:00+01:00

Date

Wed 14 Oct 2026

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What do we hear when we listen beyond the surface? Sometimes music says more than you think. A programme of psychological suspense, Hollywood glamour and Soviet satire that reveals the stories hiding inside some remarkable music.

Bernard Herrmann’s iconic soundtrack for the film Psycho brings Hitchcock’s world of tension and terror to life, while Korngold’s sumptuous Violin Concerto, which marked his return to the concert hall following his war-time exile, transforms themes from his Hollywood films into a dazzling showcase for soloist Sarang Seohyun Kim, who celebrates her 18th birthday on stage this evening.

Instead of the expected monumental celebration of Soviet victory in World War II, Shostakovich’s Symphony No:9 delivers something altogether more mischievous: a compact, witty and wonderfully unpredictable work whose cheerful surface may conce