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Saved from the Titanic

The Chineke! Orchestra play Coleridge-Taylor's Violin Concerto with Elena Urioste and Brahms's Second Symphony.

Live from the Queen Elizabeth hall, London

Presented by Georgia Mann

Coleridge-Taylor wrote his Violin Concerto in 1912 for an American soloist, sending the completed score of the on the Titanic. The material never arrived, of course, and he had to hastily rewrite the piece from memory.
Brahms finished his Second Symphony some 35 years earlier, claiming that it was 鈥榮o melancholy that you will not be able to bear it. I have never written anything so sad, and the score must come out in mourning鈥. Nothing could be further from the truth 鈥 this symphony is one of the composer鈥檚 sunniest and most cheerful works.
Kevin John Edusei makes a welcome return to conduct Chineke! and the violin soloist is Elena Urioste, one of Radio 3鈥檚 New Generation artists.

Weber: Overture, Oberon
Coleridge-Taylor: Violin Concerto in G minor, Op.80

8.15: Interval

Brahms: Symphony No.2

Elena Urioste (violin)
Chineke! Orchestra
Kevin John Edusei (conductor)

Coleridge-Taylor wrote his Violin Concerto in 1912 for an American soloist, sending the completed score of the on the Titanic. The material never arrived, of course, and he had to hastily rewrite the piece from memory.
Brahms finished his Second Symphony some 35 years earlier, claiming that it was 鈥榮o melancholy that you will not be able to bear it. I have never written anything so sad, and the score must come out in mourning鈥.
Nothing could be further from the truth 鈥 this symphony is one of the composer鈥檚 sunniest and most cheerful works.
Kevin John Edusei makes a welcome return to conduct Chineke! and the violin soloist is Elena Urioste, one of Radio 3鈥檚 New Generation artists.

2 hours, 28 minutes

Last on

Thu 7 Nov 2019 19:30

Music Played

  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Overture - Oberon

    Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Kevin John Edusei.
  • Elena Urioste

    Violin Concerto in G minor, Op.80

  • Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf

    Double Bass Concerto No 2 in D major

    Performer: Chi-Chi Nwanoku. Orchestra: Swedish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Goodwin.
    • HYPERION.
  • Jules Massenet

    Fantaisie for cello and orchestra

    Performer: Truls M酶rk. Orchestra: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Cello Concerto No 1 in A minor, Op 33 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Truls M酶rk. Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • Chandos.
  • Matthias Pintscher

    Reflections on Narcissus - Reflection II

    Performer: Truls M酶rk. Orchestra: North German Radio Symphony Orchestra.
    • Kairos.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    Tarantella (Suite Italienne for cello and piano)

    Performer: Truls M酶rk. Performer: Lars Vogt. Performer: Jean鈥怸ves Thibaudet.
    • Russian Cello Sonatas.
    • ERATO.
    • 17.

Broadcast

  • Thu 7 Nov 2019 19:30

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