Sheku Kanneh-Mason plays Haydn

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Symphony HallBroad Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, B1 2EA, United Kingdom

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Programme

Vaughan Williams, Ralph (1872-1958)	Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809)	Cello Concerto no. 1 in C major, Hob VIIb:1
Bacharach, Burt (1928-2023)	Say A Little Prayer
Elgar, Sir Edward (1857-1934)	Sospiri for string orchestra and harp, Op.70
Weinberg, Mieczysław (1919-1996)	Flute Concerto no. 1, Op.75
Britten, Benjamin (1913-1976)	The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Op.34
Adès, Thomas (b. 1971)	Arcadiana, Op.12 Nr.6: Albion

Performers

Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla	Conductor
Sheku Kanneh-Mason	Cello
Marie-Christine Zupancic	Flute
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla sees music differently – she loves unexpected connections and inspirational partnerships. Tonight her partners are two real Birmingham favourites, Sheku Kanneh-Mason and the CBSO’s Marie-Christine Zupancic, in a musical kaleidoscope that takes two emotionally-charged English masterpieces, adds the elegance of Haydn and the poetry of Weinberg, and ends up with the unbuttoned celebration of Britten’s The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra. In other words, classic Mirga.

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Ralph Vaughan Williams’ Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis

Mark Pullinger, 5th October

How does this work by Vaughan Williams, an agnostic who composed hymns and was inspired by church music, cast its spell over audiences?

Lifelessness, extremes and emotional weight in conflicted CBSO evening

Simon Cummings, 7th October

Sheku Kanneh-Mason and the CBSO give a flat rendition of Haydn in an otherwise emotionally-conflicted, moving evening featuring Weinberg, Elgar and Thomas Adès.

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