Change to Conductor
Regretfully Ben Gernon has had to withdraw from this concert and we are grateful to Jack Sheen who has kindly agreed to step in at short notice.
Programme
- Magnolia Suite Part Two: No 4 ‘Mammy’(4 mins)
- Sinfonia concertante in B flat Op 6 No 2(21 mins)
- Piano Concerto No.2(12 mins)
- interval
- The Daybreak Charioteer(3 mins)
- Troubled Water(6 mins)
- From the South(6 mins)
- Ryūkyū where the Deigo flowers blossom(8 mins)
- Montgomery Variations(24 mins)
Performers
- Jack Sheenconductor
- Samantha Egepiano
- Linton Stephenspresenter
- Kunal Lahirypiano
- Alex Jakemanflute
- Midori Sugiyamaviolin
- Lisa Obertviolin
Concert Information
Linton Stephens presents a live concert broadcast from the Â鶹ԼÅÄ Philharmonic and friends from the orchestra’s MediaCityUK home in Salford.
The concert offers an opportunity to discover music by Nathaniel Dett, Margaret Bonds, Julia Perry, Ali Osman, Kikuko Kanai and Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges. Â鶹ԼÅÄ New Generation Artist Kunal Lahiry is soloist in Perry’s Piano Concerto No. 2 and AHRC Composer Champion Samantha Ege will present solo piano works by Nathaniel Dett and Margaret Bonds. The Â鶹ԼÅÄ Philharmonic is conducted by Ben Gernon.
This concert is part of a collaboration between Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 3 and UK Research and Innovation’s (UKRI) Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) which aims to celebrate and give recognition to classical composers from diverse ethnic backgrounds.