大象传媒

Live from The Bridgewater Hall in Manchester

Presented by Catherine Bott

The 大象传媒 Philharmonic, conducted by Juanjo Mena, performs Anthony Burgess's A Manchester Overture, Brahms's Piano Concerto No 1 with Stephen Hough and Elgar's Symphony No 1.

Burgess: A Manchester Overture
Brahms: Piano Concerto No 1 in D minor

8.35 Interval Music

8.55
Elgar: Symphony No 1 in A flat

大象传媒 Philharmonic
Juanjo Mena (conductor)
Stephen Hough (piano)

When Elgar's First Symphony was premiered in Manchester in 1908, it was a new dawn for British music. There's no better way to launch the 大象传媒 Philharmonic's year-long celebration of the Mancunian way of music-making than with this gloriously stirring masterpiece - although a performance of Brahms's tempestuous First Piano Concerto by the Manchester-trained Stephen Hough might just run it close. The concert begins with the aptly named A Manchester Overture by Mancunian icon and author of A Clockwork Orange, Anthony Burgess.