Prom 10: Elgarâs Second Symphony
Live at the ±«Óătv Proms: ±«Óătv Scottish Symphony Orchestra and Ryan Wigglesworth with cellist Laura van der Heijden. Music by Benjamin Britten, Cheryl Frances-Hoad and Edward Elgar.
Live at the ±«Óătv Proms: ±«Óătv Scottish Symphony Orchestra and Ryan Wigglesworth with cellist Laura van der Heijden. Music by Benjamin Britten, Cheryl Frances-Hoad and Edward Elgar.
Presented by Andrew McGregor, live from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Benjamin Britten: Gloriana, Symphonic Suite
Cheryl Frances-Hoad: Cello Concerto, âEarth, Sea, Airâ
c.8.15pm
INTERVAL: The score for Elgarâs Second Symphony is headed by a quotation from a poem by Shelley âRarely, rarely comest thou spirit of delightâ. To talk more about Percy Bysshe Shelley, Andrew McGregor is joined by Professor John Mullan, Lord Northcliffe Chair of Modern English Literature at University College London. A regular guest on the radio programme In Our Time, his many books include Lives of the Great Romantics by Their Contemporaries: Shelley.
c.8.35pm
Edward Elgar: Symphony No. 2 in E flat major
Laura van der Heijden, cello
±«Óătv Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Ryan Wigglesworth, conductor
Ryan Wigglesworthâs feast of English music opens with Brittenâs suite of âbest bitsâ from his 1953 Coronation opera Gloriana, all about the fraught relationship between Elizabeth I and the Earl of Essex. Cheryl Frances-Hoadâs new climate change-themed Cello Concerto â premiered last year in Glasgow by tonightâs forces â takes inspiration from three disparate aspects of the natural world. Elgarâs Symphony No. 2 is considered by many to be the best ever written in England. âI have put my soul into it,â said the composer of this captivating journey, whose thrusting outward energy conceals deep inner poignancy.
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Benjamin Britten
Gloriana - Symphonic Suite Op.53a
Orchestra: ±«Óătv Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ryan Wigglesworth. -
Cheryl Frances-Hoad
Concerto (Earth, Sea, Air)
Performer: Laura van der Heijden. Orchestra: ±«Óătv Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ryan Wigglesworth. -
Pau Casals
El Cant Dels Ocells
Performer: Laura van der Heijden. Orchestra: ±«Óătv Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ryan Wigglesworth. -
Edward Elgar
Symphony no. 2 in E flat major Op.63
Orchestra: ±«Óătv Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ryan Wigglesworth. -
Maurice Ravel
La parade
Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.- HARMONIA MUNDI.
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JeanâPhilippe Rameau
Chaconne (Les Indes galantes)
Orchestra: Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century. Conductor: Frans BrĂŒggen.- Rameau: Les Indes Galantes Suite: Orchestra of the 18th Century, Bruggen.
- Philips.
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Louis Couperin
Suite in D minor - Gavotte
Performer: Pavel Kolesnikov.- Couperin: Dances From The Bauyn Manuscript.
- Hyperion.
- 5.
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François Couperin
Les goûts réunis
Performer: Jacqueline du Pré. Performer: William Pleeth.- Warner.
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- Fri 26 Jul 2024 19:30±«Óătv Radio 3
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