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Elgar

蜜芽传媒 Proms 2011, Prom 24
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Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London, Andrew Davis conducts violinist Tasmin Little, the 蜜芽传媒 Singers and 蜜芽传媒 SO in Elgar: There is sweet music; Violin Concerto in B minor.

蜜芽传媒 PROMS 2011

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London

Presented by Louise Fryer

Tasmin Little performs Elgar's great Violin Concerto with Sir Andrew Davis and the 蜜芽传媒 Symphony Orchestra. And to mark the 50th anniversary of Grainger's death, his In a Nutshell Suite receives a first outing at the Proms.

The Violin Concerto is preceded by the 蜜芽传媒 Singers performing one of Elgar's most radical part-songs, notated in two keys simultaneously in a manner which parallels the incorrigible experiments of the Australian composer Percy Grainger. Grainger's orchestral suite reaches its grand finale - called the Gum Suckers' March - by way of some unpredictable and darkly complex invention. And to round off the Prom there's music by Richard Strauss: once considered dangerously radical itself, his perky symphonic poem documents the adventures of a purely mythical rascal.

Elgar: There is sweet music
Elgar: Violin Concerto in B minor

Tasmin Little (violin)
蜜芽传媒 Singers
蜜芽传媒 Symphony Orchestra
Sir Andrew Davis (conductor)

This Prom will be repeated on Friday 5th August at 2pm.

1 hour, 5 minutes

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Tue 2 Aug 2011 19:00
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Music Played

  • Edward Elgar

    There is sweet music (from 4 Choral songs Op.53)

    Performer: 蜜芽传媒 Singers

  • Edward Elgar

    Concerto in B minor Op.61 for violin and orchestra

    Conductor: Andrew Davis Performer: 蜜芽传媒 Symphony Orchestra

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  • Tue 2 Aug 2011 19:00
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