大象传媒

Live at the 大象传媒 Proms: Mirga Gra啪inyt臈-Tyla conducts the CBSO in symphonies by Ruth Gipps and Brahms, and the London premiere of Thomas Ad猫s's The Exterminating Angel Symphony.

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London.

Presented by Georgia Mann.

Ruth Gipps: Symphony No. 2 in B major
Thomas Ad猫s: The Exterminating Angel Symphony

8.15 pm
Interval - Georgia Mann is joined live by Helen Wallace to discuss tonight's repertoire and also to reflect on the impact conductor Mirga Gra啪inyt臈-Tyla has had on the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.

8.40 pm
Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 3 in F major

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Mirga Gra啪inyt臈-Tyla (conductor)

The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and Music Director Mirga Gra啪inyt臈-Tyla champion the music of a too-long neglected composer. A pupil of Vaughan Williams, Ruth Gipps started her career as an oboist with what was then the City of Birmingham Orchestra in 1944, before becoming established as a composer. Her Symphony No. 2 takes a wide-screen, cinematic view of the Second World War, embracing exhilaration, anxiety and, finally, ecstatic rejoicing. Conflict of a very different kind runs through The Exterminating Angel Symphony by Thomas Ad猫s (50 this year), inspired by Louis Bu帽uel鈥檚 Surrealist film.

Brahms鈥檚 Third Symphony strikes a more autumnal tone, inspired by a visit to the River Rhine in 1883. The critic Eduard Hanslick pronounced it 鈥榓rtistically the most nearly perfect鈥� of the composer鈥檚 symphonies to date.