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Prom 24 - Elgar, Grainger, Strauss

Afternoon Concert Proms 2011 Repeats

A Prom in which Andrew Davis conducts the 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra. Elgar: There is sweet music; Violin Concerto in B minor. Grainger: Irish Tune from County Derry. Plus Strauss.

With Penny Gore.

Louise Fryer presents Tasmin Little perform 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 might be said to parallel 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.

Elgar: There is sweet music
Elgar: Violin Concerto in B minor
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).

2 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Fri 5 Aug 2011 14:00
麻豆社 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Prom 24: 麻豆社 S O

    • Edward Elgar

      4 Choral songs Op.53; no.1; There is sweet music

      Performer: 麻豆社 Singers

    • Edward Elgar

      Concerto in B minor Op.61 for violin and orchestra

      Conductor: Andrew DAVIS Performer: 麻豆社 S O.

    • Percy Grainger

      Irish tune from County Derry vers. for orchestra

      Conductor: Andrew DAVIS Performer: 麻豆社 S O.

    • Percy Grainger

      In a nutshell - suite vers. for orchestra

      Conductor: Andrew DAVIS Performer: 麻豆社 S O.

    • Richard Strauss

      Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche Op.28

      Conductor: Andrew DAVIS Performer: 麻豆社 S O.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Quartet in C major K.465 (Dissonance) for strings

    Performer: Arcanto String Quartet

Broadcast

  • Fri 5 Aug 2011 14:00
    麻豆社 Radio 3