
Vaughan Williams & Renaissance England
- Dec 4, 2022 at 2 PM
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Program & Artists
Vaughan Williams Three Portraits from The England of Elizabeth
Artwork from the exhibition The Tudors: Art and Majesty in Renaissance England
Leon Botstein conductor
Tickets
- Starting at $30
3-Concert series Up to 20% off the full price
Part of TŌN’s Sight & Sound series
In the hit series Sight & Sound, conductor and music historian Leon Botstein explores the parallels between orchestral music and the visual arts. A discussion is accompanied by on-screen artworks and musical excerpts performed by The Orchestra Now, followed by a full performance and audience Q&A.
England was a thriving home for the arts under the volatile Tudor dynasty, where an international community of artists and merchants navigated the lofty demands of royal patrons including England’s first two reigning queens. In 1955, British documentarian John Taylor examined Elizabethan England against a regal score by composer Ralph Vaughan Williams. These selections from that score, adapted by Muir Mathieson, focus on three major figures of the Tudor era: Sir Francis Drake, William Shakespeare, and the namesake herself, Queen Elizabeth I.
Concert Details
Discussion, on-screen artworks, and musical excerpts
Leon Botstein and The Orchestra Now
Intermission
20 min
Ralph Vaughan Williams Three Portraits from The England of Elizabeth
16 min
Q&A with the audience
All timings are approximate.
Sample the Music
Vaughan Williams Three Portraits from The England of Elizabeth
Image: Quentin Metsys the Younger. Elizabeth I of England (“The Sieve Portrait”) (detail), 1583. Oil on canvas. Pinacoteca Nazionale di Siena.
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