大象传媒

From the Bridgewater Hall in Manchester
Presented by Tom Redmond

Mozart: Idomeneo: Overture; Quando avran fine omai... Padre, germani, addio; March in D; Se il padre perdei; Solitudini amiche... Zeffiretti lusinghieri

Mark Simpson: Clarinet Concerto (大象传媒 Commission, world premiere)

8.20 CD Strauss: Das Bachlein: Blick vom oberen Belveder (Op.88 Nos 1 and 2): Malven
Elizabeth Watts (soprano)
Roger Vignoles (piano)

8.40
Mahler: Symphony No. 4

Elizabeth Watts (soprano)
Mark Simpson (clarinet)
大象传媒 Philharmonic
Ben Gernon (conductor)

In their last Manchester concert of the current season, clarinettist and Composer in Association with the 大象传媒 Philharmonic, Mark Simpson, joins the orchestra for the world premiere of his keenly awaited Clarinet Concerto. Mahler's transcendent Fourth Symphony closes the concert with Elizabeth Watts joining the orchestra for the ravishing "child's view of heaven". Music from Mozart's Idomeneo opens the evening; the Overture is followed here by Ilia's three arias, their depth of drama and expressive woodwind writing make each of these miniatures masterpieces in their own right.