BBC Proms

BBC Proms 2023 - Prom 51 - Weir, Schumann and Elgar with the BBC Symphony Orchestra (320kbps .mp3)



Live at the BBC Proms: Sakari Oramo conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in Elgar's Violin Concerto with soloist Christian Tetzlaff, plus a Judith Weir world premiere, and Schumann.



01. Weir, Judith - Begin Afresh (BBC commission: world premiere)

01a. Introduction to Weir’s Begin Afresh

02. Schumann - Symphony No. 1 in B flat major, ‘Spring’

02a. Introduction to Schumann’s Symphony No. 1

02b. BBC Proms 2023 - Prom 51 - Interval

Martin Handley is joined in the Radio 3 box by David Owen Norris to discuss the origins and enduring influence of Elgar's Violin Concerto.

03. Elgar - Violin Concerto in B minor

03a. Outro to Elgar’s Violin Concerto

04. Bach, J.S. - A minor sonata, BVW1003, andante (encore)



Christian Tetzlaff (violin)

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Sakari Oramo (conductor)



Elgar’s boldly virtuosic Violin Concerto was one of the few works he admitted to being proud of: ‘Awfully emotional! Too emotional,’ he said, ‘but I love it.’ A deeply personal work, its title-page carries the enigmatic inscription ‘Herein is enshrined the soul of .....’. Distinguished German violinist Christian Tetzlaff is the soloist, following in the line of Fritz Kreisler, for whom the concerto was written. Schumann’s ‘Spring’ Symphony reflects the freshness and drive that seized the composer around the time of his marriage. Begin Afresh, a new commission from Master of the King’s Music Judith Weir, also celebrates new beginnings, inspired by Philip Larkin’s poem ‘The Trees’.



Presented by Martin Handley, live from the Royal Albert Hall, London



Broadcast: 24 August 2023

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