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Charlotte Bray, Walton and Arnold

Live at the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Proms: The ´óÏó´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Sakari Oramo, perform Charlotte Bray, Foulds, Arnold. Timothy Ridout is the soloist in Walton's Viola Concerto.

Live at the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Proms: The ´óÏó´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Sakari Oramo, perform Charlotte Bray, Foulds, Arnold. Timothy Ridout is the soloist in Walton's Viola Concerto.

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London

Presented by Martin Handley

John Foulds: Le cabaret (Overture to a French Comedy)
William Walton: Viola Concerto

8.00 pm
Interval
Paul Harris, co-author of 'Malcolm Arnold: Rogue Genius' talks to Martin Handley about the music and turbulent life of this most misunderstood of British composers, whose reputation took a dive after the 1950s.

8.20 pm
Charlotte Bray: Where Icebergs Dance Away (UK premiere)
Malcolm Arnold: Symphony No. 5

Timothy Ridout (viola)
´óÏó´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo (conductor)

A world away from centenary composer Malcolm Arnold’s reputation for light music and film scores, the Fifth Symphony is a richly layered work full of irony, pain and loss. An opening musical ‘garden of memories’ pays affectionate homage to departed friends, while the scherzo flirts with jazz and the finale offers a tantalising glimpse of heaven before snatching it cruelly away. ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 3 New Generation Artist Timothy Ridout is the soloist in Walton’s poetic Viola Concerto, which was given its world premiere at the Proms in 1929. Global warming is the stimulus behind Charlotte Bray’s Where Icebergs Dance Away, which draws on the work of American artist Zaria Forman.

2 hours, 29 minutes

Music Played

  • John Foulds

    Le cabaret (Overture to a French Comedy)

    Orchestra: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
  • William Walton

    Viola Concerto

    Performer: Timothy Ridout. Orchestra: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
  • Paul Hindemith

    Viola sonata Op.25 No.1. 4th movement

    Performer: Timothy Ridout.
  • Malcolm Arnold

    Four English Dances, Set 1 (Op.27): No. 1 Andantino

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Malcolm Arnold.
    • Malcolm Arnold: English, Irish, Scottish & Cornish Dances: LPO/Arnold.
    • Lyrita.
    • 1.
  • Malcolm Arnold

    Symphony no.2 Op.40 (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Charles Groves.
    • EMI.
  • Malcolm Arnold

    Symphony No 7, Op 113 (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Penny.
    • Naxos.
  • Charlotte Bray

    Where Icebergs Dance Away

    Orchestra: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
  • Malcolm Arnold

    Symphony No. 5

    Orchestra: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
  • Béla Bartók

    For children Sz.42 - volumes 1 & 2

    Performer: Lars Vogt.
    • Lars Vogt - For Children.
    • AVI Music.
    • 36.
  • Malcolm Arnold

    Little suite for orchestra No 3, 'A Manx Suite'

    Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Arnold: Concerto for 28 players etc.: City of London Sinfonia/Hickox.
    • Chandos.
    • 17.

Broadcast

  • Fri 27 Aug 2021 19:30

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