Programme
- Lamia(12 mins)Henry Wood Novelties: world premiere, 1919
- Cello Concerto in E minor(31 mins)
- interval
- The Way to Castle Yonder(8 mins)
- Symphony No. 3(32 mins)London premiere
Performers
- Sheku Kannehâ€Masoncello
- Mirga GražinytÄ—â€Tylaconductor
About This Event
The CBSO and Music Director Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla celebrate the centenary of Mieczysław Weinberg the man Shostakovich hailed as ‘one of the most outstanding composers’ of his day – with a rare performance of his Symphony No. 3, a work that combines folk melodies and dances with confessional urgency.
That intensity is shared by Elgar’s passionate Cello Concerto, performed here by 2016 91Èȱ¬ Young Musician winner Sheku Kanneh-Mason.
The concert opens with Dorothy Howell’s radiant tone-poem Lamia (first performed, like Elgar’s concerto, 100 years ago) and also includes The Way to Castle Yonder, a suite from the much-missed Oliver Knussen’s opera Higglety Pigglety Pop!
Approx. end time: 21:40
Broadcast on 91Èȱ¬ Four on Sunday 25 August
Image: Sheku Kanneh-Mason © Lars Borges