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ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra - Butterworth, Clyne, Elgar

Live from the Barbican in London, Sakari Oramo conducts the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra in Elgar's Symphony No 2, plus Jennifer Koh in the UK premiere of Anna Clyne's The Seamstress.

Live from the Barbican, Sakari Oramo conducts the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra in Elgar's 2nd Symphony & the UK premiere of Anna Clyne's violin concerto The Seamstress with Jennifer Koh.

Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch

Butterworth: A Shropshire Lad

Clyne: The Seamstress - Violin Concerto (UK Premiere)

c. 8.10pm - Interval - Butterworth's song-cycle Bredon Hill and Other songs

Elgar: Symphony no. 2 in E flat major Op.63

Jennifer Koh (violin)
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo (conductor)

A yearning melancholy binds the music of Elgar and Butterworth that features in tonight's concert, and the sentiment is echoed in a beguiling new violin concerto from London-born composer Anna Clyne, written for dynamic violinist Jennifer Koh. George Butterworth, who died at the Somme in 1916, will forever be defined by his Housman settings, A Shropshire Lad, from which he derived this bittersweet orchestral rhapsody. 'A passionate pilgrimage of the soul' was how Elgar described his mighty, restless Second Symphony. Sakari Oramo, who has a strong affinity for English music, conducts.

2 hours, 30 minutes

Music Played

  • George Butterworth

    A Shropshire lad - rhapsody for orchestra

  • Anna Clyne

    The Seamstress - Violin Concerto

  • George Butterworth

    Bredon HIll and other songs

    Performer: Iain Burnside. Singer: Roderick Williams.
  • Edward Elgar

    Enfants d’un reve (Dream Children), Op. 43

    Performer: Peter Pettinger.
  • Edward Elgar

    Symphony no. 2 in E flat major Op.63

  • Finlay Stafford

    Proms Inspire: Finlay Stafford: Like the Wind

    Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra.
  • Georges Bizet

    L'Arlésienne Suite No 2

    Orchestra: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.
    • Naive.

Credit

Role Contributor
Performer ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra

Broadcast

  • Fri 15 Jan 2016 19:30