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Prom 39: Mark-Anthony Turnage, Vaughan Williams and Elgar

Live at the 91Èȱ¬ Proms: the 91Èȱ¬ Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sakari Oramo in Elgar's Symphony No.1, a Turnage premiere, and Vaughan Williams' Tuba Concerto with Constantin Hartwig.

Live at the 91Èȱ¬ Proms: the 91Èȱ¬ Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sakari Oramo in Elgar's Symphony No.1, a Turnage premiere, and Vaughan Williams' Tuba Concerto with Constantin Hartwig.

Presented by Andrew McGregor, live from the Royal Albert Hall, London.

Mark-Anthony Turnage: Time Flies [91Èȱ¬ co-commission: UK premiere]
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Tuba Concerto

8.10 pm
Interval
Nigel Simeone joins Andrew McGregor to look forward to the week's forthcoming highlights at the 91Èȱ¬ Proms.

8.30 pm
Edward Elgar: Symphony No. 1 in A flat major

Constantin Hartwig (tuba)
91Èȱ¬ Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo (conductor)

A muffled drum, a quiet march … and the melody for which a nation had been waiting. From first hesitant notes to heaven-storming conclusion, Elgar’s First Symphony is more than just a landmark in British music: it’s the autobiography of a creative spirit, passionate, troubled and profoundly moving. 91Èȱ¬ Symphony Orchestra Chief Conductor Sakari Oramo has loved the music of Elgar for decades, and it’s a thrilling contrast to the playfulness and poetry of Vaughan Williams’s Tuba Concerto, played by rising international brass star Constantin Hartwig. Meanwhile, what’s a composer to do when he’s invited to the Tokyo Olympics during a global travel ban? Mark-Anthony Turnage lets his music do the globetrotting in his jazz-inspired Time Flies.

2 hours, 29 minutes

Music Played

  • Mark-Anthony Turnage

    Time Flies

    Orchestra: 91Èȱ¬ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Concerto In F Minor

    Performer: Constantin Hartwig. Orchestra: 91Èȱ¬ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
  • Paul McCartney

    Blackbird (arr. Lars Holmgaard)

    Music Arranger: Lars Holmgaard. Performer: Constantin Hartwig.
  • George Walker

    Concerto for Trombone and Orchestra: I. Allegro

    Performer: Christian Lindberg. Orchestra: Malmö SymfoniOrkester. Conductor: James DePreist.
    • American Trombone Concertos.
    • BIS.
    • 4.
  • Carl Nielsen

    Symphony No. 3, Op. 27: Andante pastorale

    Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard. Orchestra: Seattle Symphony. Singer: Estelí Gomez. Singer: John Taylor Ward.
    • Nielsen: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4.
    • Seattle Symphony Media.
    • 2.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Solomon, HWV 67: Welcome as the dawn of day

    Lyricist: Anonymous. Conductor: Paul McCreesh. Ensemble: Gabrieli Consort & Players.
    • Handel: Solomon HWV 67.
    • Deutsche Grammophon Archiv (DG).
    • 14.
  • Dame Ethel Mary Smyth

    Mass in D: Gloria

    Conductor: Sakari Oramo. Orchestra: 91Èȱ¬ Symphony Orchestra. Choir: 91Èȱ¬ Symphony Chorus. Singer: Susanna Hurrell. Singer: Catriona Morison. Singer: Ben Johnson. Singer: Duncan Rock.
    • Chandos.
  • Edward Elgar

    Symphony No. 1 In A Flat Major Op.55

    Orchestra: 91Èȱ¬ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
  • Jacques Castérède

    Sonatine for trombone and piano

    Performer: Peter Moore. Performer: Jonathan Ware.

Broadcast

  • Mon 15 Aug 2022 19:30

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