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Pieces by Walton and Miller

Name: Pieces by Walton and Miller
Start: 2023-08-02T14:00:00
Location: MediaCityUK

BBC Philharmonic

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The BBC Philharmonic and its Chief Conductor John Storgårds are joined today by Canadian violinist James Ehnes, who brings his virtuosity to William Walton’s Violin Concerto. Walton worked on the concerto in 1938 during a trip to Ravello, southern Italy, where he was bitten by a tarantula. He marked the unpleasant incident by incorporating a ‘tarantella’ (an Italian folk dance style) into the concerto, describing the results as "quite gaga, I may...

Program

William Walton - Violin Concerto

Cassandra Miller - La Donna

Participants

James Ehnes

Violin

John Storgårds

Conductor

BBC Philharmonic

Producer

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1 dates (2 Aug - 2 Aug)