Prom 28: J. Strauss II, James MacMillan & Beethoven

3 Aug 2013, Royal Albert Hall

19:30 Sat 3 Aug 2013 Next Event

Proms 2013 Prom 28: J. Strauss II, James MacMillan & Beethoven

19:30 Sat 3 Aug 2013 Royal Albert Hall

Vadim Repin plays James MacMillan鈥檚 Violin Concerto with Donald Runnicles and the 麻豆社 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Threaded with reels and old laments, MacMillan鈥檚 work complements the concentrated dramas of Beethoven鈥檚鈥楥oriolan鈥� Overture and Fifth Symphony.

Programme

- - Johann Strauss II
  - The Blue Danube(10 mins)
- - Sir James MacMillan
  - Violin Concerto(25 mins)
- - interval
- - Ludwig van Beethoven
  - Overture 鈥楥oriolan鈥�(8 mins)
  - Symphony No. 5 in C minor(33 mins)

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Donald Runnicles conducts the 麻豆社 Scottish Symphony Orchestra and Vadim Repin in James MacMillan鈥檚 Violin Concerto. Written for Repin鈥檚 big-boned Russian sound and premiered in 2010, the concerto is threaded through with allusions to the traditional fiddle music and Scottish laments that MacMillan regards as the 鈥榓ncient modes of expression and storytelling鈥�.

The concentrated drama of Beethoven鈥檚 1807 鈥楥oriolan鈥� overture acts as an up-beat to his Fifth Symphony, its opening four-note motif as arresting today as it was in 1808.

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