BBC SO 2015-16 Season Mendelssohn, Beethoven and Richard Ayres - BBC Symphony Orchestra

8 Oct 2015, Barbican, London

19:30 Thu 8 Oct 2015 Next Event

Mendelssohn, Beethoven and Richard Ayres

19:30 Thu 8 Oct 2015 Main Stage

Ilan Volkov conducts an intriguing sea-inspired programme which frames the world premiere of a new work by Richard Ayres

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Programme

- - Felix Mendelssohn
  - Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage
- - Ludwig van Beethoven
  - Meeresstille und glückliche Fahrt, Op 112
- - Richard Ayres
  - No. 48BBC co-commission World Premiere
- - Franz Schubert
  - Gesang der Geister über den Wassern, D 714
- - Joseph Haydn
  - Symphony No. 52 in C minor

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Ilan Volkov, known for the dynamic clarity of his performances, creates an intriguing sea-inspired frame for a world premiere. Both Mendelssohn and Beethoven conjured the scene for A Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage, while the BBC Singers join us for Schubert's delicately atmospheric Song of the spirits over the water. Before the salt-fresh elemental energy of Haydn's Symphony No. 52 in C minor, comes a new work by Richard Ayres, a composer whose playful theatricality is attuned to the classical past.

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