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Prom 33: Titans of British Music

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Live at the ±«Óãtv Proms: the ±«Óãtv Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Martyn Brabbins, performs Elgar, Vaughan Williams's London Symphony, and Stanford Songs with Christopher Maltman.

Live at the ±«Óãtv Proms: the ±«Óãtv Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Martyn Brabbins, performs Elgar, Vaughan Williams's London Symphony, and Stanford Songs with Christopher Maltman.

Presented by Penny Gore, live from the Royal Albert Hall, London

Edward Elgar: Overture ‘Cockaigne (In London Town)’
Gustav Holst: Hammersmith
Charles Villiers Stanford: Songs of Faith Op.97
– ‘To the Soul’
– ‘Tears’
– ‘Joy, shipmate, joy!’
Stanford: ‘The Fairy Lough’

c. 8.15pm
INTERVAL: Penny Gore’s guest is the historian and journalist Simon Heffer whose books include The Age of Decadence: Britain 1880 to 1914 and Sing As We Go: Britain Between the Wars. For Radio 3 he has presented series and documentaries about British classical music.

c. 8.35pm
Ralph Vaughan Williams: A London Symphony (Symphony No.2)

Christopher Maltman (baritone)
±«Óãtv Symphony Orchestra
Martyn Brabbins (conductor)

From Westminster Bridge and the bells of Big Ben to Bloomsbury Square, in his A London Symphony Vaughan Williams depicts the English capital, where horses still trotted through the streets and the countryside could be glimpsed from Marble Arch. Elgar’s ‘stout and steaky’ picture-postcard scenes of London life join anniversary composer Holst’s Hammersmith, commissioned for the ±«Óãtv Military Band, in saluting the city. Vaughan Williams’s teacher Stanford (who died 100 years ago) completes the programme, with a selection of reflective songs performed by leading British baritone Christopher Maltman.

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2 hours, 29 minutes

Last on

Tue 13 Aug 2024 19:30
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Music Played

  • Gustav Holst

    Hammersmith Prelude And Scherzo Op.52

    Orchestra: ±«Óãtv Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.

  • Charles Villiers Stanford

    Songs Of Faith Op.97

    Performer: Christopher Maltman. Orchestra: ±«Óãtv Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.

  • Charles Villiers Stanford

    The Fairy Lough

    Performer: Christopher Maltman. Orchestra: ±«Óãtv Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.

  • John Ireland

    Chelsea Reach

    Performer: John Lenehan.
    • NAXOS.

  • George Butterworth

    33_Interval_Butterworth_OnTheWayToKew

    Ensemble: Belcea Quartet. Singer: Jonathan Lemalu.
    • EMI.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    A London Symphony (Symphony No.2)

    Orchestra: ±«Óãtv Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.

  • Arnold Bax

    Oboe Quintet - II. Lento espressivo

    Performer: Nicholas Daniel. Ensemble: Doric String Quartet.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Max Richter

    To the Stars (from Ad Astra)

    Orchestra: Air Lyndhurst Orchestra. Conductor: Ben Foster.
    • DG.

  • Franz Liszt

    Au bord d'une source (Années de pèlerinage I, Suisse)

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • Liszt: Années de pèlerinage, première année – Suisse.
    • Hyperion.
    • 4.

Broadcast

  • Tue 13 Aug 2024 19:30
    ±«Óãtv Radio 3

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