BBC Symphony Orchestra
Gerald Barry premiere
Tuesday 7 March 2006 19:30-21:30 (Radio 3)
A homage to Yehudi Menuhin, featuring the BBC Symphony Orchestra. Presented by Christopher Cook.
Yehudi Menuhin (1916-1999) has a legacy that extends well beyond his great recordings - music education was another area where he was a pioneer. Three of the soloists in this concert studied at the Menuhin School for musically gifted children in Surrey. Two of them - Jennifer Pike and Nicola Benedetti - are winners of the BBC's Young Musician of the Year competition.
Plus there's a world premiere of a work for string orchestra by the Irish composer Gerald Barry.
Playlist:
Bach, transcr Stokowski: Prelude from Partita No 3 in E
Bach: Concerto for Two Violins in Dm
Barry, Gerald: Day (BBC Commission, World Premiere)
Saint-Saëns: Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso
Elgar: Violin Concerto
Tasmin Little, Jennifer Pike, Nicola Benedetti, Alina Ibragimova (violin)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
John Storgards (conductor)
