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Simon Rattle and the LSO

Soprano Nicole Cabell and the LSO give the London premiere of George Walker’s Lilacs. Dvořák’s American Suite, Op 98b, and Schumann’s Second Symphony complete the programme.

Alongside well-known works by Dvořák and Schumann, Sir Simon Rattle presents George Walker’s setting of Walt Whitman’s great poem beginning “When lilacs last in the dooryard bloom’d, And the great star early droop’d in the western sky in the night, I mourn’d, and yet shall mourn with ever-returning spring.”

Presented by Martin Handley.

Dvořák: American Suite Op 98b
George Walker: Lilacs for voice and orchestra (London premiere)

Interval

Schumann: Symphony No 2

Recorded at the Barbican Hall, London on 10th March 2022

2 hours, 28 minutes

Music Played

  • Antonín Dvořák

    American Suite Op 98b

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
  • George Walker

    Lilacs

    Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle. Singer: Nicole Cabell. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.
  • Xavier Montsalvatge

    Canción de cuna para dormir a un negrito

    Singer: Nicole Cabell. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
  • Xavier Montsalvatge

    Alborada en Aurinx

    Performer: Jordi Masó.
    • Naxos.
  • Robert Schumann

    Symphony No 2

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Quartet No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 51 No. 1

    Ensemble: Aris Quartett.
    • Brahms: String Quartet No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 51 No. 1 & Clarinet Quintet in B Mi.
    • Genuin.
    • 5.
  • Johannes Brahms

    2 Songs Op.91

    Performer: Timothy Ridout. Performer: Jonathan Ware. Singer: Ema Nikolovska.
  • Margaret Bonds

    Young love in spring (Songs of the seasons)

    Singer: Ema Nikolovska. Performer: Joseph Middleton.
    • ѿý New Generation Artists recording.

Broadcast

  • Wed 4 May 2022 19:30