LSO - Elgar, Britten, Maxwell Davies
First broadcast:
Sunday 02 February 2014
Live from the Barbican Hall, London
Antonio Pappano and the London Symphony Orchestra in British music: Elgar, Britten's Violin Concerto with Maxim Vengerov, and the world premiere of Maxwell Davies's Symphony No.10.
Elgar: In The South (Alassio)
Britten: Violin Concerto
Maxim Vengerov (violin).
8.30pm
During the interval Penny Gore presents music new and old by Maxwell Davies, including 'Farewell to Stromness' and other well-loved pieces.
8.50pm
Maxwell Davies: Symphony No.10 (LSO commission; World Premiere)
Markus Butter (baritone),
London Symphony Chorus,
London Symphony Orchestra,
Antonio Pappano (conductor).
Tonight the London Symphony Chorus and Orchestra premiere a brand-new Symphony by Sir Peter Maxwell Davies - 80 in September, Master of the Queen's Music since 2004, appointed a Companion of Honour in the New Year Honours list. Antonio Pappano conducts the work as the climax of an all-British programme also featuring music by Elgar and Britten - with Russian virtuoso Maxim Vengerov as soloist in Britten's Violin Concerto.
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BBC radio 3
