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ELGAR'S ENIGMA
Saturday 23 January 2010 at 7.00pm
Symphony Hall, Birmingham +44 (0)121-780 3333
Edward Gardner conductor
Alison Balsom trumpet
Christopher Yates viola
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis 15' Listen
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MacMillan: Epiclesis 25'
Britten: Lachrymae 15'
Elgar: Enigma Variations 29'
To begin our series featuring the amazing musical decade leading up to the CBSO's birth in 1920, we have one of the jewels of English music - Vaughan Williams' luminous Tallis Fantasia, premiered in 1910. Britten's late work for viola and strings also draws on older English music, while James Macmillan's striking trumpet concerto is a prayer inspired by the composer's Christian faith. This concert of deeply personal British music ends with Elgar's brilliant tribute to his friends.
A £2 fee per transaction will be charged on all bookings by THSH Box Office, except purchases made in person.
pre-concert talk at 5.45pm
Elgar to MacMillan
Conductor Edward Gardner introduces tonight's concert, in conversation with Stephen Maddock.
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