大象传媒

John Wilson conducts the 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra and Chorus in a programme of English music by Walton, York Bowen and Vaughan Williams.

Live from The Barbican Centre, London.

Presented by Petroc Trelawny

Walton: Overture 'Scapino'
York Bowen: Viola Concerto

Lawrence Power (viola)
Rosie Aldridge (mezzo-soprano)
Neal Davies (baritone)
大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra
大象传媒 Symphony Chorus
John Wilson (conductor)

John Wilson returns to the 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra to conduct an all-English programme. Lawrence Power has proved a persuasive champion of York Bowen's gloriously romantic Viola Concerto, written for Lionel Tertis in 1908, and this provides the emotional core for a concert lit with ribald humour. Walton's ingenious 'comedy overture' Scapino, an exhilarating orchestral showpiece, finds a spirited echo in Vaughan Williams's earthy Five Tudor Portraits. Setting texts by Henry VIII's one-time tutor John Skelton, Vaughan Williams conjures up fives vivid character sketches, from the drunken Elinor Rumming to the charming Pretty Bess, a scherzo for the tattered Jolly Rutterkin, and Jane Scroop's heartfelt Requiem to her pet sparrow.