91Èȱ¬

From the 2021 91Èȱ¬ Proms: 91Èȱ¬ SSO & Ilan Volkov with soprano Lucy Crowe. A new work, Minds in Flux, by George Lewis; and Beethoven's Symphony No 2 and concert aria ‘Ah! perfido’

Recorded at the Royal Albert Hall, London
Presented by Kate Molleson

George Lewis: Minds in Flux

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

Part 2
Beethoven: Concert aria ‘Ah! perfido’
Beethoven: Symphony No 2

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

Another chance to hear 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. Plus a commission from celebrated American composer George Lewis. This recent work 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’.