BBC Proms 2016, Prom 33 - Mark Simpson, Dutilleux and Elgar
Live at BBC Proms: The BBC Philharmonic with Juanjo Mena in Elgar, Dutilleux and the London premiere of 'Israfel' by the orchestra's Composer in Association, Mark Simpson.
Mark Simpson: Israfel (London premiere)
Dutilleux: 'Tout un monde lointain...'
Peter Maxwell Davies - Sir Charles His Pavan
Elgar: Symphony No.1 in A flat, Op.55
Johannes Moser (cello)
BBC Philharmonic
Juanjo Mena (conductor)
In his First Symphony, unveiled in Manchester in 1911, Edward Elgar saw beyond the recession in which Britain was languishing to express a 'massive hope for the future'. The symphony's noble main tune appears fragile at first, but when it returns at the end, it's carried home by an ecstatic orchestra filled with a spirit of uplifting optimism. The BBC Philharmonic and its Chief Conductor also present the London premiere of a work by its Composer in...
Live at BBC Proms: The BBC Philharmonic with Juanjo Mena in Elgar, Dutilleux and the London premiere of 'Israfel' by the orchestra's Composer in Association, Mark Simpson.
Mark Simpson: Israfel (London premiere)
Dutilleux: 'Tout un monde lointain...'
Peter Maxwell Davies - Sir Charles His Pavan
Elgar: Symphony No.1 in A flat, Op.55
Johannes Moser (cello)
BBC Philharmonic
Juanjo Mena (conductor)
In his First Symphony, unveiled in Manchester in 1911, Edward Elgar saw beyond the recession in which Britain was languishing to express a 'massive hope for the future'. The symphony's noble main tune appears fragile at first, but when it returns at the end, it's carried home by an ecstatic orchestra filled with a spirit of uplifting optimism. The BBC Philharmonic and its Chief Conductor also present the London premiere of a work by its Composer in...
