Strauss/Mark Simpson/Shostakovich
19:30
Sat 21 Apr 2018
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Three years after the Â鶹ԼÅÄ Philharmonic’s world premiere of The Immortal drew rapturous acclaim from critics and audiences, Mark Simpson, the orchestra’s Composer in Association, presents another brand-new work. Friends with Simpson since they were both Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 3 New Generation Artists from 2012 to 2014, superb young cellist Leonard Elschenbroich gives the premiere of this Â鶹ԼÅÄ Philharmonic commission, the centrepiece of a programme that also features Strauss’s redemptive tone-poem and Shostakovich’s staggering First Symphony – completed when the composer was just 18.