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BBC CO, Britten, Farnon, Shore, Walton (part 2)

Live from the Watford Colosseum, a concert featuring the BBC Concert Orchestra under Keith Lockhart concludes with a performance of Walton's Symphony No 1.

Live from the Watford Colosseum
Presented by Penny Gore

The BBC Concert Orchestra plays music from Britain and Canada, including the European premiere of Howard Shore's 'Mythic Gardens', and William Walton's Symphony No 1.

Benjamin Britten Canadian Carnival
Robert Farnon Lake of the Woods
Howard Shore Mythic Gardens

8.20 Interval

8.40
William Walton Symphony No 1

BBC Concert Orchestra
Sophie Shao (cello)
conductor Keith Lockhart

Live from the Watford Colosseum, Penny Gore presents a concert of music from Britain and Canada, including the European premiere of Howard Shore's 'Mythic Gardens', played by cellist Sophie Shao, for whom it was written. In the second half Keith Lockhart conducts the BBC Concert Orchestra in a landmark of British symphonic writing, William Walton's Symphony No 1.

1 hour, 25 minutes

Last on

Tue 11 Mar 201420:35

Credit

RoleContributor
ActorBBC Concert Orchestra

Broadcast

  • Tue 11 Mar 201420:35

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