- Lifestyle & Sports
- 26 Sep 18
As part of a 13 date tour of the UK and Ireland, The City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra will play live musical accompaniment to the landmark BBC One series.
Blue Planet II -Live in concert will make its way to the SSE Arena, Belfast on 23 March 2019 and the 3 Arena in Dublin on 24 March the following night. The City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra will be playing live musical accompaniment to stunning visuals from David Attenborough's landmark BBC One series . They will be conducted by Matthew Freeman.
The original score which will be played live was composed by Bleeding Fingers Music, consisting of Hans Zimmer, David Fleming and Jacob Shea.
Matthew Freeman is an award-winning conductor, arranger and pianist who has conducted the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra on various occasions around the world. He has conducted over 50 albums with the BBC Concert Orchestra, Danish Radio Orchestra, Sønderjyllands Symfoniorkester, Prague Symphony, Metropole Orchestra of Amsterdam and the NRK Oslo, and has been personal music director for Shirley Bassey, Michael Crawford, Frankie Vaughan and Mary O’Hara.
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Founded over 60 years ago, the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra is a world-renowned symphony orchestra that has provided music for various projects including the TV series Black Mirror and David Lynch’s 2001 film Mulholland Drive, as well as live shows around the world which, in 2010, saw the orchestra perform to over 20,000 people in Santiago. The orchestra features predominantly Czech classical musicians with guest players selected from musicians studying at the Conservatoire in Prague.
Tickets are on sale now from all usual Ticketmaster outlets. Tickets are also available from The SSE Arena Box Office 9073 9074