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Remembering World War 1: Vaughan Williams and Beyond

Live from the Barbican, Martyn Brabbins conducts the 大象传媒 SO in music by Bax and Vaughan Williams inspired by WW1. Baritone Marcus Farnsworth sings a new work by Cheryl Frances-Hoad

Live from the Barbican, the 大象传媒 SO conducted by Martyn Brabbins in WW1-inspired music: Bax, Vaughan Williams plus baritone Marcus Farnsworth in a new work by Cheryl Frances-Hoad.

Presented by Martin Handley

Arnold Bax: November Woods
Cheryl Frances-Hoad: Last Man Standing (World Premiere)

8.15pm
Interval

8.35
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No.4 in F Minor

Marcus Farnsworth (baritone)
大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra
Martyn Brabbins (conductor)

Shocking the audience at its 1935 premiere, the surface violence of Vaughan Williams鈥檚 Fourth Symphony conceals the composer鈥檚 most classical symphony 鈥� a work whose greatest debt is to Beethoven. The symphony鈥檚 knotty, introspective drama draws on the composer鈥檚 wartime experiences in the Medical Corps, and WWI is also the starting point for Cheryl Frances-Hoad鈥檚 Last Man Standing. This song-cycle, premiered here by baritone Marcus Farnsworth, sets a new text by Tamsin Collison inspired by WW1 texts and personal testimonies. Bax鈥檚 turbulent, 1917 tone-poem November Woods completes the programme.

2 hours, 28 minutes

Last on

Fri 30 Nov 2018 19:30
大象传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Arnold Bax

    November Woods

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.

  • Cheryl Frances-Hoad

    Last Man Standing (World Premiere)

    Performer: Marcus Farnsworth. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra.

  • David Lang

    Memorial Ground

    Performer: Barbican Young Poets. Choir: 大象传媒 Proms Youth Choir. Choir: 大象传媒 Symphony Chorus. Conductor: Neil Ferris.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Symphony No.4 in F Minor

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto for two violins in C major, RV.507

    Performer: Giuliano Carmignola. Performer: Amandine Beyer. Ensemble: Gli Incogniti. Director: Amandine Beyer.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Hush, ye pretty warbling quire! (Acis and Galatea)

    Singer: Lucy Crowe. Orchestra: Early Opera Company. Conductor: Christian Curnyn.
    • Chandos.

Broadcast

  • Fri 30 Nov 2018 19:30
    大象传媒 Radio 3

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