大象传媒

With Katie Derham

The 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra's Principal Guest Conductor, David Robertson, conducts two enduring works by composers who fashioned a new aesthetic out of Romantic roots, and the world premiere of a new commission in his 50th-birthday year from jazz-inspired Mark-Anthony Turnage, who's resolved not to write 'an old man's piece'!

The expansive melodies and edgy pace of centenary composer Samuel Barber are at their most powerful in the Violin Concerto, played here by Israeli-American virtuoso Gil Shaham. Sibelius's Second Symphony traces a path from terse drama to great affirmation. Presented by Andrew McGregor.

Mark-Anthony Turnage: Hammered Out
(World Premiere - 大象传媒 co-commission with Los Angeles Phiharmonic)
Barber: Violin Concerto
Sibelius: Symphony No. 2 in D major

Gil Shaham, violin
大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra
David Robertson, conductor.