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Prom 51: Weir, Schumann and Elgar with the BBC Symphony Orchestra

Name: Prom 51: Weir, Schumann and Elgar with the BBC Symphony Orchestra
Start: 2023-08-24T19:30:00
Location: Royal Albert Hall

BBC Symphony Orchestra

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Elgar’s boldly virtuosic Violin Concerto was one of the few works he admitted to being proud of: ‘Awfully emotional! Too emotional,’ he said, ‘but I love it.’ A deeply personal work, its title-page carries the enigmatic inscription ‘Herein is enshrined the soul of .....’. Distinguished German violinist Christian Tetzlaff is the soloist, following in the line of Fritz Kreisler, for whom the concerto was written. Schumann’s ‘Spring’ Symphony reflec...

Program

Robert Schumann - Symphony No. 1 (Spring)

Composer

Edward Elgar - Violin Concerto in B minor

Judith Weir - Begin Afresh

Participants

Sakari Oramo

Conductor

Christian Tetzlaff

Violin

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Producer