Desert Island Discs at Birmingham's Symphony Hall

4 Oct 2014, Symphony Hall, Birmingham

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Desert Island Discs at Birmingham's Symphony Hall

19:30 Sat 4 Oct 2014 Symphony Hall, Birmingham

Desert Island Discs at Birmingham's Symphony Hall.

Programme

- - By the Sleepy Lagoon
- - Gustav Holst
  - 'Jupiter' from The Planets
- - Johann Pachelbel
  - Canon and Gigue in D major
- - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  - Concerto for Clarinet in A major, (Adagio).
- - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  - Violin Concerto (Allegro).
- - Johann Strauss II
  - By the Beautiful Blue Danube 鈥撀爓altz
- - Ludwig van Beethoven
  - Symphony No. 5 in C minor(First Movement)
- - Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k
  - 'Largo' from Symphony No. 9 in E minor, 'From the New World', Op 95
- - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  - Swan Lake Waltz
- - Edward Elgar
  - Nimrod
- - Samuel Barber
  - Adagio for strings
- - George Gershwin
  - Rhapsody in Blue (orch. Grof茅)

Performers

麻豆社 Philharmonic
Anthony Inglis
Conductor
Conductor
Mark Simpson
Clarinet
Clarinet
Gwilym Simcock
Piano
Piano
Jennifer Pike
Violin
Violin

Composers

Concert Information

A journey of discovery through the most popular classical music choices from the world famous 麻豆社 radio programme, performed live and featuring castaway clips from the archive.

The programme includes virtuosic performances from violinist Jennifer Pike (麻豆社 Young Musician of the Year winner 2002), clarinettist Mark Simpson (麻豆社 Young Musician of the Year winner 2006) and pianist Gwilym Simcock (麻豆社 Jazz Award Rising Star winner 2005).

Desert Island Discs was created by Roy Plomley.

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