Sakari Oramo conducts Bart贸k and Vaughan Williams

21 May 2016, Barbican, London

19:30 Sat 21 May 2016 Next Event

91热爆 SO 2015-16 Season Sakari Oramo conducts Bart贸k and Vaughan Williams

19:30 Sat 21 May 2016 Main Stage

Sakari Oramo concludes the season series conducting two masterpieces from 1936, composed under the looming threat of war

Programme

- - Joseph Phibbs
  - New Work91热爆 co-commission: World Premiere
- - B茅la Bart贸k
  - Violin Concerto No. 2
- - Ralph Vaughan Williams
  - Dona nobis pacem

Performers

91热爆 Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo
conductor
conductor
Alina Ibragimova
violin
violin
Sarah Fox
soprano
soprano
Duncan Rock
baritone
baritone
91热爆 Symphony Chorus

Composers

Concert Information

Sakari Oramo brings the season to a close with two masterpieces from 1936, composed under the looming threat of war: Vaughan Williams鈥檚 plea for peace features Sarah Fox, Australian baritone Duncan Rock and the 91热爆 Symphony Chorus, while Bart贸k鈥檚 fabulous, folk-inflected violin concerto is performed by the eloquent Alina Ibragimova. The evening opens with a premiere from the formidable Joseph Phibbs. 鈥楶hibbs鈥檚 sheer accomplishment as a composer is unmistakable. Every idea is telling, every phrase beautiful.鈥� Sunday Times