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Music performed at the 2014 Edinburgh International Festival: Carter: Holiday Overture. Elgar: Symphony No 2. Jonathan Mills: Sandakan Threnody. Janacek: Glagolitic Mass.

Penny Gore presents the 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra recorded this year at the Edinburgh Festival's closing concert at the Usher Hall: Janacek's joyful Glagolitic Mass and departing Festival Director Jonathan Mills's Sandakan Threnody, commemorating the lives of Allied POWs who died in Borneo during the Second World War. Plus Elgar's Symphony No.2 and Elliott Carter's exuberant Holiday Overture.

Carter: Holiday Overture
大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Ryan Wigglesworth (conductor)

2.10pm
Elgar: Symphony No.2 in E flat major Op.63
大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Donald Runnicles (conductor)

3.05pm
Jonathan Mills: Sandakan Threnody
Andrew Staples (tenor)
Edinburgh Festival Chorus
大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Ilan Volkov (conductor)

3.45pm
Janacek: Glagolitic Mass
Hibla Gerzmava (soprano)
Claudia Huckle (mezzo-soprano)
Simon O'Neill (tenor)
Jan Martinik (bass)
Thomas Trotter (organ)
Edinburgh Festival Chorus
大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Ilan Volkov (conductor).

2 hours, 30 minutes

Music Played

  • Leos Jan谩膷ek

    Glagolitic Mass

    Singer: Claudia Huckle. Conductor: Ilan Volkov. Singer: Simon O鈥橬eill. Choir: Edinburgh Festival Chorus. Singer: Jan Martinik. Performer: Thomas Trotter. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Singer: Hibla Gerzmava.
  • Edward Elgar

    Symphony no. 2 in E flat major Op. 63

    Conductor: Donald Runnicles. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra.
  • Jonathan Mills

    Sandakan Threnody

    Conductor: Ilan Volkov. Choir: Edinburgh Festival Chorus. Singer: Andrew Staples. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra.
  • Elliott Carter

    Holiday Overture

    Conductor: Ryan Wigglesworth. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra.

Credit

Role Contributor
Performer 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra

Broadcast

  • Tue 4 Nov 2014 14:00