大象传媒

Presented by Jonathan Swain.

Performances by 大象传媒 orchestras of music with the theme of displacement, featuring composers who left their native countries.

With music by Britten, who, unlike Rachmaninov and Martinu, left his home by choice, having objected to Britain's participation in the Second World War, and Milhaud, who was forced to flee Europe as the Nazis overran the continent. He never forgot his roots in rural southern France - as his suite for wind quintet La cheminee du roi Rene shows. But after the war he continued to live and teach in the USA for many years, enjoying travelling backwards between the two countries and cultures.

Smetana: Vltava (Ma Vlast)
大象传媒 Philharmonic
Michal Dworzynski (conductor)

Britten: Serenade for tenor, horn and strings
Andrew Kennedy (tenor)
大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales
Tadaaki Otaka (conductor)

2.40pm
Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini, Op 43
Lukas Vondracek (piano)
大象传媒 Philharmonic
Vassily Sinaisky (conductor)

Martinu: Fantaisies symphoniques (Symphony No 6)
大象传媒 Philharmonic
Gunther Herbig (conductor)

3.30pm
Milhaud: La cheminee du roi Rene, Op 205
Galliard Ensemble.