| Mittwoch 29 Juli 2026 | 19:00 |
| Weir, Judith (b. 1954) | Moon and Star | |
| Dean, Brett (b. 1961) | The World’s Wife (BBC co-commission: world premier) | |
| Elgar, Sir Edward (1857-1934) | Symphonie Nr. 1 in As-Dur, Op.55 |
| Claire Booth | Sopran |
| BBC Singers | |
| BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra | |
| Ryan Wigglesworth | Musikalische Leitung |
‘Human life … and a massive hope in the future’: this – no less – is Elgar’s sweeping subject for his First Symphony – a work once nicknamed ‘Brahms’s Fifth’ for its close relationship with the German tradition. Exuberant and filled with orchestral colour, an ‘immediate and phenomenal success’ at its premiere, it’s the work of a composer steeped in musical history but looking to the future. Two contemporary works open this concert by Ryan Wigglesworth and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra: the world premiere of The World’s Wife by Brett Dean – setting words by Carol Ann Duffy – and Judith Weir’s Moon and Star – capturing the vastness and strangeness of space through the eyes of New England poet Emily Dickinson.
Seats from £14.24 to £48.92 (including booking fee*)
Recorded for broadcast on BBC TV and BBC iPlayer
