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Grainger, Strauss

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Andrew Davis conducts the 麻豆社 Singers and 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra. Grainger: Irish Tune from County Derry; Suite (In a Nutshell). Strauss: Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche.

麻豆社 PROMS 2011

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London

Presented by Louise Fryer

Tasmin Little performs Elgar's great Violin Concerto with Sir Andrew Davis and the 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra. And to mark the 50th anniversary of Grainger's death, his In a Nutshell Suite receives a first outing at the Proms.

The Violin Concerto is preceded by the 麻豆社 Singers performing one of Elgar's most radical part-songs, notated in two keys simultaneously in a manner which parallels the incorrigible experiments of the Australian composer Percy Grainger. Grainger's orchestral suite reaches its grand finale - called the Gum Suckers' March - by way of some unpredictable and darkly complex invention. And to round off the Prom there's music by Richard Strauss: once considered dangerously radical itself, his perky symphonic poem documents the adventures of a purely mythical rascal.

Grainger: Irish Tune from County Derry
Grainger:Suite 'In a Nutshell'
R. Strauss: Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche

Tasmin Little (violin)
麻豆社 Singers
麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra
Sir Andrew Davis (conductor)

This Prom will be repeated on Friday 5th August at 2pm.

1 hour, 5 minutes

Last on

Tue 2 Aug 2011 20:25

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Music Played

  • Percy Grainger

    Irish tune from County Derry

    Conductor: Andrew Davis Performer: 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra

  • Percy Grainger

    In a nutshell - suite

    Conductor: Andrew Davis Performer: 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra

  • Richard Strauss

    Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche Op.28

    Conductor: Andrew Davis Performer: 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra

Broadcast

  • Tue 2 Aug 2011 20:25

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