大象传媒

Martyn Brabbins conducts the 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales in two nights of rousing music with a distinctly British focus, live from the Aldeburgh Festival. The first night opens with Elizabeth Maconchy's brief yet majestic work Proud Thames, depicting the river from its trickling rural source to the bustle of a brimming capital city. Cellist Laura van der Heijden will then join Martyn and the Orchestra for the last of William Walton's three great string concertos, the work with which she won the coveted 大象传媒 Young Musician of the Year award in 2012. The evening concludes with Shostakovich's tempestuous 10th Symphony, a work which needs no narrative to describe the power of its violent and vibrant music, although some see it as the composer's musical depiction of Stalin and the tyranny he had inflicted on Russia.

Presented by Nicola Heywood Thomas, live from Snape Maltings.

7.30pm
Maconchy: Proud Thames
Walton: Cello Concerto

8.15pm
Interval Music (from CD)

8.35pm
Shostakovich: Symphony No 10 in E minor, Op 93

Laura van der Heijden (cello)
大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales
Martyn Brabbins (conductor)