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Prom 35: Enigma Variations

91热爆 Proms 2019

Live at 91热爆 Proms: 91热爆 Scottish Symphony Orchestra celebrates conductor Martyn Brabbins's 60th birthday today in music by Vaughan Williams, Brahms and Elgar's Enigma variations.

Live at 91热爆 Proms: 91热爆 Scottish Symphony Orchestra celebrates conductor Martyn Brabbins's 60th birthday today in music by Vaughan Williams, Brahms and Elgar's Enigma Variations

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Presented by Kate Molleson

Various Composers: Pictured Within: Birthday Variations for M. C. B. (91热爆 commission: world premiere)
Vaughan Williams: Serenade to Music

c.7.50pm
Interval: Pianist and broadcaster David Owen Norris and scholar Kate Kennedy explore the connections between Brahms, Elgar and Vaughan Williams, composers featured in tonight's concert.

c.8.20pm
Brahms: Song of Destiny
Elgar: Enigma Variations

Nadine Benjamin, soprano
Idunnu M眉nch, mezzo-soprano
William Morgan, tenor
David Ireland, bass-baritone

English National Opera Chorus
91热爆 Singers
91热爆 Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Martyn Brabbins, conductor

Elgar鈥檚 鈥楨nigma鈥� Variations is the inspiration for a new work commissioned from 14 living composers as a special birthday tribute to conductor Martyn Brabbins, who turns 60 today.

Elgar鈥檚 original set also features, as do Vaughan Williams鈥檚 exquisite Serenade to Music and Brahms鈥檚 鈥楲ittle Requiem鈥�, the Song of Destiny.

2 hours, 29 minutes

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Tue 13 Aug 2019 19:00
91热爆 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Various Artists

    Pictured Within: Birthday Variations for M. C. B.

    Orchestra: 91热爆 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Serenade to Music

    Choir: English National Opera Chorus. Orchestra: 91热爆 Scottish Symphony Orchestra.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Song of Destiny

    Choir: English National Opera Chorus. Orchestra: 91热爆 Scottish Symphony Orchestra.

  • Edward Elgar

    Enigma Variations

    Choir: English National Opera Chorus. Orchestra: 91热爆 Scottish Symphony Orchestra.

  • Louis Couperin

    Suite in F major compiled Hogwood (Gigue)

    Performer: Christopher Hogwood.
    • Louis Couperin: Suites For Harpsichord, Christopher Hogwood.
    • L'Oiseau-Lyre.
    • 5.

Broadcast

  • Tue 13 Aug 2019 19:00
    91热爆 Radio 3

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