大象传媒

Live from Sage, Gateshead

Royal Northern Sinfonia, conducted by Lars Vogt, with a programme which embraces one of Beethoven's best-loved symphonies alongside a masterwork of the 19th century concerto repertoire.

Beethoven: Overture - Egmont

Brahms: Violin Concerto in D major (op 77)

8.25: interval music - recordings from tonight's conductor Lars Vogt in his role as a pianist

8.45: Beethoven: Symphony no 6, 'Pastoral'

Alissa Margulis (violin)
Royal Northern Sinfonia
Lars Vogt (conductor)

Branded 'unplayable' by early critics, Johannes Brahms' only violin concerto is a formidable exercise in virtuosity which - despite its enormous technical challenges - has become one of the most popular concertos in the repertoire. Beethoven's Sixth Symphony - a musical portrait of the Austrian countryside which Beethoven so loved - has long been admired for its gentle depiction of rural life, with babbling brooks, bird calls, a summer storm, and merry country folk. The concert begins with the overture Beethoven composed as incidental music to an 1810 production of a Goethe play.

Following the concert, '大象传媒 Singers at 90': in the week during which the 大象传媒's professional choir celebrates its 90th anniversary, British composers introduce recordings of their music performed by the 大象传媒 Singers.