BBC Proms 2019 Prom 46 - City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (320kbps .mp3)

Live at BBC Proms: CBSO and Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla perform music by Weinberg, Howell and Knussen, and are joined by cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason in Elgar's cello concerto.

01. Dorothy Howell - Lamia (Henry Wood Novelties: world premiere, 1919)
01a. General introduction to BBC Proms 2019 Prom 46
02. Elgar - Cello Concerto in E minor
02a. Introduction to Elgar’s Cello Concerto
03. Weinberg - Prelude No. 18 (encore)
04. Knussen - The Way to Castle Yonder
04a. Introduction to Knussen’s The Way to Castle Yonder
05. Weinberg - Symphony No. 3 (London premiere)
05a. Introduction to Weinberg’s Symphony No. 3
Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla, conductor

The CBSO and Music Director Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla celebrate the centenary of Mieczysław Weinberg the man Shostakovich hailed as ‘one of the most outstanding composers’ of his day – with a rare performance of his Symphony No. 3, a work that combines folk melodies and dances with confessional urgency.

That intensity is shared by Elgar’s passionate Cello Concerto, performed here by 2016 BBC Young Musician winner Sheku Kanneh-Mason.

The concert opens with Dorothy Howell’s radiant tone-poem Lamia (first performed, like Elgar’s concerto, 100 years ago) and also includes The Way to Castle Yonder, a suite from the much-missed Oliver Knussen’s opera Higglety Pigglety Pop!

06. Proms 2019 Prom 42, Proms Plus
Interval: An exploration of the life and work of Mieczysław Weinberg with musicologists Erik Levi and Daniel Elphick, presented by Hannah Conway.

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Presented by Andrew McGregor
Broadcast: 22 August 2019