91Èȱ¬

Live at the 91Èȱ¬ Proms: 91Èȱ¬ SSO, Ilan Volkov and soprano Lucy Crowe perform a new work, Minds in Flux, by George Lewis and Beethoven's Second Symphony and concert aria Ah! perfido.

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

George Lewis: Minds in Flux

c. 8.00pm
Kate Molleson talks to George Lewis about the forces that have influenced him as a composer and artist.

c. 8.25pm
Beethoven: Concert aria ‘Ah! perfido’
Beethoven: Symphony No 2

Lucy Crowe, soprano
91Èȱ¬ Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Ilan Volkov, conductor

The 91Èȱ¬ Scottish Symphony Orchestra and Principal Guest Conductor Ilan Volkov pair Beethoven’s dramatic concert aria ‘Ah! perfido’ with the Second Symphony – a work whose vitality and ‘smiling’ mood belie the private struggles and despair of a composer wrestling with hearing loss – with a new commission from celebrated American composer George Lewis. This world premiere blends a conventional orchestra with spatialised electronics, exploiting the unique space of the Royal Albert Hall to create, in Lewis’s words, ‘a medium for meditation on what processes of decolonisation might sound like’.