BBC Proms 2019: Mirga Gražinyte-Tyla conducts Elgar and Weinberg

Synopsis

The CBSO and Music Director Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla celebrate the centenary of Mieczysław Weinberg the man Shostakovich hailed as ‘one of the most outstanding composers’ of his day – with a rare performance of his Symphony No. 3, a work that combines folk melodies and dances with confessional urgency. That intensity is shared by Elgar’s passionate Cello Concerto, performed here by 2016 BBC Young Musician winner Sheku Kanneh-Mason. The concert opens with Dorothy Howell’s radiant tone-poem Lamia (first performed, like Elgar’s concerto, 100 years ago) and also includes The Way to Castle Yonder, a suite from the much-missed Oliver Knussen’s opera Higglety Pigglety Pop! “A performance of surpassing delicacy and refinement” (The Telegraph) PROGRAM Weinberg: Symphony No. 3; Elgar: Cello Concerto; Dorothy Howell: Lamia; Knussen: The Way to Castle Yonde

Additional Info

• No: A025504620000
• Composer: Mieczysław Weinberg, Edward Elgar, Oliver Knussen, Dorothy Howell
• Conductor: Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla
• Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
• Artists: Sheku Kanneh-Mason
• Production year: 2019
• Run time: 01:40:00
• Producers: BBC and UNITEL
• Format: HDTV 16:9