Thu 24 Aug 2023

• 19:30

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

  Royal Albert Hall

  Schumann’s youthful ‘Spring’ Symphony contrasts with Elgar’s deeply personal Violin Concerto, performed by leading violinist Christian Tetzlaff. Plus, in the year of the coronation, a new commission from Master of the King’s Music, Judith Weir.

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  Schumann’s youthful ‘Spring’ Symphony contrasts with Elgar’s deeply personal Violin Concerto, performed by leading violinist Christian Tetzlaff. Plus, in the year of the coronation, a new commission from Master of the King’s Music, Judith Weir.

  Programme

  • • • Judith Weir
      • Begin Afresh(15 mins)BBC commission: world premiere
    • • Robert Schumann
      • Symphony No. 1 in B flat major, ‘Spring’(30 mins)
    • • interval
    • • Edward Elgar
      • Violin Concerto in B minor(48 mins)

  Performers

  • Christian Tetzlaff

    violin
    violin
  • BBC Symphony Orchestra
  • Sakari Oramo

    conductor
    conductor

  Composers

  • Judith Weir
  • Robert Schumann
  • Edward Elgar

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