Proms @ City Halls, Glasgow, with the 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Stephen Hough plays Beethoven in a concert featuring a World Premiere from Jay Capperauld.
The late George Walker's hauntingly beautiful Lyric for Strings was written at the age of only 24 and dedicated to his grandmother. First heard at the Proms in 2017, it opens tonight鈥檚 concert.
Beethoven鈥檚 economically scored Second Piano Concerto 鈥� completed before his First and among the earliest of his works performed in concert halls today 鈥� looks both backwards to Haydn and Mozart and forwards to the Beethoven鈥檚 future innovation and rhythmic fascination. Stephen Hough is the soloist.
Tonight鈥檚 大象传媒 commission is from Glasgow-based composer Jay Capperauld. Expressed in the context of the recurring 24-hour process that regulates our sleeping patterns, Circadian Refrains (172 Days Until Dawn) is Capperauld鈥檚 response to the cyclical nature of lockdown, enforced as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Continuing the theme of mass upheaval, the 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra closes with Strauss鈥檚 devastating Metamorphosen. Written for 23 solo strings during the final months of the Second World War (which Strauss described as 鈥榯he most terrible period of mankind鈥�), it quotes from the Funeral March of Beethoven鈥檚 鈥楨roica鈥� Symphony (No. 3).
Live from City Halls, Glasgow, presented by Kate Molleson.
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