Royal Albert HallKensington Gore, London, Greater London, SW7 2AP, United Kingdom
Dates/times in London time zone
Festival: BBC PromsProgramme
| Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791) | Symphony no. 40 in G minor, K550 | |
| Tabakova, Dobrinka (b. 1980) | Spinning a Yarn | |
| Mason, Benedict (b. 1954) | Meld (BBC commission: world première) |
Performers
| Alexandra Wood | Violin |
| Stevie Wishart | Hurdy-gurdy |
| Aurora Orchestra | |
| Nicholas Collon | Conductor |
Admired by Schumann for its ‘Grecian light and grace’, Mozart’s evergreen Symphony No. 40 combines rhythmic verve and dance-like elegance, streaked with stormy drama. For a performance in Vienna, the composer added parts for two clarinets – an instrument at the time still largely absent from the orchestra. Bulgarian-born Dobrinka Tabakova goes one further in her recent Spinning a Yarn, in which the rustic hurdy-gurdy takes a solo role alongside the violin. Benedict Mason experiments with much more besides in his BBC commission, Meld – at once an enigma and a spectacle, that confounds what we think of as an orchestra, of a concert, and even of music itself. Prepare to be surprised …!
Seats £14 to £18 (plus booking fee).
