Prom 50: Beethoven, Stravinsky and Gerald Barry

21 Aug 2017, Royal Albert Hall

19:30 Mon 21 Aug 2017 Next Event

Proms 2017 Prom 50: Beethoven, Stravinsky and Gerald Barry

19:30 Mon 21 Aug 2017 Royal Albert Hall

After a triumphant Proms debut with the CBSO last year, Mirga Gra啪inyt臈-Tyla returns with a programme that sets Beethoven鈥檚 Fifth Symphony against a world premiere by Gerald Barry. Leila Josefowicz is the soloist in Stravinsky鈥檚 Violin Concerto.

Performances & Interviews

01:55

Stravinsky: Violin Concerto in D major (4th mvt - excerpt) (2017)

Violinist Leila Josefowicz with the CBSO under Mirga Gra啪inyt臈-Tyla.

Aug '17大象传媒 Radio 3

Programme

- - Ludwig van Beethoven
  - Overture 'Leonore' No. 3(14 mins)
- - Igor Stravinsky
  - Violin Concerto in D major(22 mins)
- - interval
- - Gerald Barry
  - Canada(10 mins)大象传媒 commission: world premiere
- - Ludwig van Beethoven
  - Symphony No. 5 in C minor(31 mins)

Performers

Leila Josefowicz
violin
violin
Allan Clayton
tenor
tenor
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Mirga Gra啪inyt臈鈥怲yla
conductor
conductor

Composers

About This Event

The CBSO and Mirga Gra啪inyte-Tyla explore the theme of political and artistic freedom. Beethoven鈥檚 Leonore overture No. 3, written for his rescue opera Fidelio, celebrates the triumph of truth over tyranny in music of radiant beauty, while his Fifth Symphony rewrites the rules for the Classical symphony.

In his new work, maverick composer Gerald Barry sets a text from 贵颈诲别濒颈辞鈥檚 Prisoners鈥� Chorus 鈥� including the lines 'Speak softly! We are watched with eyes and ears鈥�, suggesting a resonance with today鈥檚 concerns over public surveillance by government bodies. And Leila Josefowicz amps up the drama in the fierce brilliance of Stravinsky鈥檚 neo-Classical concerto.

Broadcast on 大象传媒 Four, 27 August

Image: Mirga Gra啪inyt臈-Tyla 漏 Frans Jansen