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Julia Fischer plays Elgar's Violin Concerto

Recorded live at the Royal Festival Hall, Vladimir Jurowski conducts the LPO in Enescu's Second Symphony and, with Julia Fischer, Elgar's Violin Concerto.

Vladimir Jurowski and the LPO are joined by internationally acclaimed violinist Julia Fischer for an intriguing pairing of early 20th-century works.

By 1909, when the Philharmonic Society commissioned a violin concerto from Elgar, he was at the height of his fame: the composer of Enigma Variations, The Dream of Gerontius, Pomp and Circumstance Marches and a First Symphony which had impressed even the Germans. Although sometimes heroic and on a grand scale, the Violin Concerto is nevertheless shot through with the spirit of its ambiguous and allusive Spanish inscription. 'Aqu铆 est谩 encerrada el alma de....' ('Herein is enshrined the soul of....'), now widely accepted to be a reference to Elgar's close friend, Alice Stuart-Wortley.

Almost contemporary with the Elgar, Enescu's Second Symphony inhabits a world which encompasses Straussian swagger and lush late-Romantic harmonies, its profusion of musical ideas creating what a fellow Romanian composer described as a 'magic jungle'. It's meat and drink to tonight's conductor who has long championed this too-often neglected composer.

Recorded earlier this month at the Royal Festival Hall and introduced by Ian Skelly.

Elgar: Violin Concerto in B minor Op.61

8.25 pm
Interval Music (from CD)
Stravinsky: Three Movements from Petrushka
Alexander Ullman (piano)

8.40 pm
Enescu: Symphony No. 2 in A major, Op. 17

Julia Fischer (violin)
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Vladimir Jurowski (conductor)

2 hours, 28 minutes

Last on

Wed 27 Apr 2022 19:30

Music Played

  • Edward Elgar

    Violin Concerto in B minor, Op.61

    Performer: Julia Fischer. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Jurowski.
  • Valentin Silvestrov

    Lullaby (Melodies of the Moments - Cycle III)

    Performer: Julia Fischer. Performer: Vladimir Jurowski.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    Three Movements from Petrushka

    Performer: Alexander Ullman.
  • George Enescu

    Symphony No. 2 in A major, Op. 17

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Jurowski.
  • Francis Poulenc

    Flute Sonata (1st mvt)

    Performer: Adam Walker. Performer: James Baillieu.
    • Vocalise.
    • OPUS ARTE.
    • 1.
  • Hamish MacCunn

    The Land of the Mountain and the Flood Op.3

    Orchestra: 成人快手 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
    • MacCunn - Land of the Mountain and the Flood.
    • Hyperion.
    • 001.

Broadcast

  • Wed 27 Apr 2022 19:30