Tadaaki Otaka conducts Britten and Elgar

25 Mar 2023, St David's Hall, Cardiff

19:30 Sat 25 Mar 2023 Next Event

麻豆社 NOW 2022-23 Season Tadaaki Otaka conducts Britten and Elgar

19:30 Sat 25 Mar 2023 St David's Hall, Cardiff

Much-loved Conductor Laureate Tadaaki Otaka returns to 麻豆社 NOW for firm favourites by Elgar and Britten, alongside Elizabeth Maconchy鈥檚 charmingly evocative Nocturne for Orchestra.

Programme

- - Elizabeth Maconchy
  - Nocturne for orchestra
- - Benjamin Britten
  - Violin Concerto
- - Edward Elgar
  - Symphony No. 2 in E flat major

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About This Event

Much-loved Conductor Laureate Tadaaki Otaka returns to 麻豆社 NOW for firm favourites by Elgar and Britten, alongside Elizabeth Maconchy鈥檚 charmingly evocative Nocturne for Orchestra.

In this all British programme, exploring the music of three contemporaries of the 20th Century, we鈥檙e joined by radiant Dutch violinist Simone Lamsma for Britten鈥檚 ever-popular Violin Concerto. With edgy ambivalence, expressed through intricate harmonies, lyrically introspective themes and vigorous rhythmic figures, the concerto is a virtuosic display of extraordinary power.

The music of Elgar holds a special place in Tadaaki鈥檚 heart, and audiences are in for a real treat with his Second Symphony. Tremendous in energy, opulence and musical athleticism, the symphony is a rhapsodic flow of original melodies, rhythmic playfulness and intricate, pearly, luminous qualities. This is certainly a concert not to be missed鈥�

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