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Proms 2024
26 Jul 2024, Royal Albert Hall
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Proms 2024 Prom 10: Elgar’s Second Symphony

Prom 10
Prom 10: Elgar’s Second Symphony
19:30 Fri 26 Jul 2024 Royal Albert Hall
Ryan Wigglesworth and the Â鶹Éç Scottish Symphony Orchestra present a feast of English music, featuring Britten’s suite from his 1953 coronation opera Gloriana, Cheryl Frances-Hoad’s new climate change-themed Cello Concerto and Elgar’s Second Symphony.
Ryan Wigglesworth and the Â鶹Éç Scottish Symphony Orchestra present a feast of English music, featuring Britten’s suite from his 1953 coronation opera Gloriana, Cheryl Frances-Hoad’s new climate change-themed Cello Concerto and Elgar’s Second Symphony.

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Ryan Wigglesworth’s feast of English music opens with Britten’s suite of ‘best bits’ from his 1953 Coronation opera Gloriana, all about the fraught relationship between Elizabeth I and the Earl of Essex. Cheryl Frances-Hoad’s new climate change-themed Cello Concerto – premiered last year in Glasgow by tonight’s forces – takes inspiration from three disparate aspects of the natural world. Elgar’s Symphony No. 2 is considered by many to be the best ever written in England. ‘I have put my soul into it,’ said the composer of this captivating journey, whose thrusting outward energy conceals deep inner poignancy.

Broadcast live on Â鶹Éç Radio 3

Image: Ryan Wigglesworth © Benjamin Ealovega