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Prom 51: Weir, Schumann and Elgar with the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra

ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Proms 2023

Live at the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Proms: Sakari Oramo conducts the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra in Elgar's Violin Concerto, with Christian Tetzlaff, a Judith Weir world premiere and Schumann.

Live at the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Proms: Sakari Oramo conducts the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra in Elgar's Violin Concerto with soloist Christian Tetzlaff, plus a Judith Weir world premiere, and Schumann.

Presented by Martin Handley, live from the Royal Albert Hall, London

Judith Weir: Begin Afresh (ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ commission: world premiere)
Robert Schumann: Symphony No. 1 in B flat major, β€˜Spring’

c.8.10pm INTERVAL: Martin Handley is joined in the Radio 3 box by David Owen Norris to discuss the origins and enduring influence of Elgar's Violin Concerto.

c.8.30pm
Edward Elgar: Violin Concerto in B minor

Christian Tetzlaff (violin)
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo (conductor)

Elgar’s boldly virtuosic Violin Concerto was one of the few works he admitted to being proud of: β€˜Awfully emotional! Too emotional,’ he said, β€˜but I love it.’ A deeply personal work, its title-page carries the enigmatic inscription β€˜Herein is enshrined the soul of .....’. Distinguished German violinist Christian Tetzlaff is the soloist, following in the line of Fritz Kreisler, for whom the concerto was written. Schumann’s β€˜Spring’ Symphony reflects the freshness and drive that seized the composer around the time of his marriage. Begin Afresh, a new commission from Master of the King’s Music Judith Weir, also celebrates new beginnings, inspired by Philip Larkin’s poem β€˜The Trees’.

02:38 Judith Weir: Begin Afresh
22:30 Robert Schumann: Symphony No 1
56:25 Interval: David Owen Norris on Elgar's Violin Concerto
01:20:25 Edward Elgar: Violin Concerto in B minor

2 hours, 29 minutes

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Thu 24 Aug 2023 19:30
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Judith Weir

    Begin Afresh

    Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.

  • Robert Schumann

    Symphony No. 1 in B flat major, 'Spring'

    Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.

  • Edward Elgar

    Symphony no.1 in A flat major Op.55 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • Elgar: Symphony No. 1 & Introduction and Allegro.
    • Chandos.
    • 3.

  • Edward Elgar

    Violin Concerto in B minor

    Performer: Christian Tetzlaff. Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.

  • John Dowland

    Now, oh now I needs must part / The Frogg Galliard

    Singer: Iestyn Davies. Performer: Thomas Dunford.
    • Hyperion.

  • John Dowland

    I saw my lady weep

    Singer: Iestyn Davies. Performer: Thomas Dunford.
    • Hyperion.

  • John Dowland

    Flow, my tears

    Performer: Thomas Dunford. Singer: Iestyn Davies.
    • Hyperion.

Broadcast

  • Thu 24 Aug 2023 19:30
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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