Prom 35: Enigma Variations
Live at 大象传媒 Proms: 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra celebrates conductor Martyn Brabbins's 60th birthday today in music by Vaughan Williams, Brahms and Elgar's Enigma variations.
Live at 大象传媒 Proms: 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra celebrates conductor Martyn Brabbins's 60th birthday today in music by Vaughan Williams, Brahms and Elgar's Enigma Variations
Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Presented by Kate Molleson
Various Composers: Pictured Within: Birthday Variations for M. C. B. (大象传媒 commission: world premiere)
Vaughan Williams: Serenade to Music
c.7.50pm
Interval: Pianist and broadcaster David Owen Norris and scholar Kate Kennedy explore the connections between Brahms, Elgar and Vaughan Williams, composers featured in tonight's concert.
c.8.20pm
Brahms: Song of Destiny
Elgar: Enigma Variations
Nadine Benjamin, soprano
Idunnu M眉nch, mezzo-soprano
William Morgan, tenor
David Ireland, bass-baritone
English National Opera Chorus
大象传媒 Singers
大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Martyn Brabbins, conductor
Elgar鈥檚 鈥楨nigma鈥� Variations is the inspiration for a new work commissioned from 14 living composers as a special birthday tribute to conductor Martyn Brabbins, who turns 60 today.
Elgar鈥檚 original set also features, as do Vaughan Williams鈥檚 exquisite Serenade to Music and Brahms鈥檚 鈥楲ittle Requiem鈥�, the Song of Destiny.
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Various Artists
Pictured Within: Birthday Variations for M. C. B.
Orchestra: 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins. -
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
Serenade to Music
Choir: English National Opera Chorus. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. -
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Johannes Brahms
Song of Destiny
Choir: English National Opera Chorus. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. -
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Edward Elgar
Enigma Variations
Choir: English National Opera Chorus. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. -
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Louis Couperin
Suite in F major compiled Hogwood (Gigue)
Performer: Christopher Hogwood.- Louis Couperin: Suites For Harpsichord, Christopher Hogwood.
- L'Oiseau-Lyre.
- 5.
Broadcast
- Tue 13 Aug 2019 19:00大象传媒 Radio 3
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