... our valley is his golden cup...
Mark Wigglesworth conducts the 大象传媒 Philharmonic in music by Wagner, Vaughan Williams and Elgar, reflecting on the past and looking towards the future.
From the Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Presented by Tom McKinney
Recorded in September, this concert opened the 大象传媒 Philharmonic's 2022/23 season. A theme running through their current concerts is that of last works and conductor Mark Wigglesworth opens this concert with the Prelude to Wagner's final opera, Parsifal, the tale of an Arthurian knight's quest for the Holy Grail. In his Second Symphony, Elgar expresses his search for certainty at a time of transition, personal turmoil and doubt. A quotation from Shelley heads the score, "Rarely, rarely comest though, Spirit of Delight." George Meredith's poem 'The Lark Ascending' sets the scene for Vaughan Williams's work of the same name; the lark isn't seeking the Holy Grail, but creating it through song, "And ever winging up and up, Our valley is our golden cup, And he the wine which overflows To lift us with him as he goes."
Violinist Zoe Beyers leads us on the journey.
Wagner: Parsifal: Prelude
Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending
8.05pm
Interval (CD)
British vocal and choral songs by Delius, Vaughan Williams, Elgar, Parry and Dilys Elwyn Edwards, inspired by British birds
8.25
Elgar: Symphony No.2
Zoe Beyers (violin)
大象传媒 Philharmonic
Mark Wigglesworth (conductor)
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Richard Wagner
Parsifal : Prelude to Act One
Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Mark Wigglesworth. -
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
The Lark Ascending
Performer: Zo毛 Beyers. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Mark Wigglesworth. -
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
The Lark in the Clear Air
Singer: Lynne Dawson. -
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Hubert Parry
My Heart is Like A Singing Bird
Composer: Hubert Parry. Performer: Malcolm Martineau. Singer: Lynn Dawson. -
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Frederick Delius
The Nightigale has a Lyre of Gold
Performer: Yvonne Kenny. -
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Trad.
Y Deryn Du
Performer: Sioned Terry. -
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Edward Elgar
Owls - An Epitaph
Choir: Finzi Singers. Conductor: Paul Spicer. -
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Edward Elgar
Symphony No 2 in E flat, Op.63
Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Mark Wigglesworth. -
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Maurice Durufl茅
Prelude et Fugue sur le nom d'Alain
Performer: Thomas Trotter.- King's College.
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Gerald Finzi
Dies natalis, Op 8
Singer: Wilfred Brown. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Christopher Finzi.- EMI.
Broadcast
- Wed 9 Nov 2022 19:30大象传媒 Radio 3