Programme
- Canzoni et ricercari(6 mins)(New version for larger ensemble)
- Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor(31 mins)
- interval
- Symphony No. 1 in A flat major(50 mins)
Performers
- Ryan Wigglesworthconductor
ESCAPE INTO SWEEPING MELODIES.
British music isn’t always what you expect. Edward Elgar was a shopkeeper’s son from a country town, but his First Symphony spans worlds – a sweeping, multicoloured musical autobiography on a magnificent scale, burning with passion and beginning (as well as ending) with a melody you’ll never forget. Jonathan Woolgar comes from West Yorkshire, but in his award-winning Canzoni et Ricercari he travels in time to the Renaissance, unlocking new sounds of bracing power and haunting beauty.
Our Chief Conductor Ryan Wigglesworth brings a composer’s creativity to these two astonishing scores – and joins Â鶹ԼÅÄ Young Musician 2014 Martin James Bartlett, to celebrate the brilliance, the wit and the unchained inspiration of Mozart.
This concert ends at approximately 4:55pm.