Sakari Oramo conducts Bart贸k and Vaughan Williams

21 May 2016, Barbican, London

19:30 Sat 21 May 2016 Next Event

麻豆官网首页入口 SO 2015-16 Season Sakari Oramo conducts Bart贸k and Vaughan Williams

19:30 Sat 21 May 2016 Main Stage

Sakari Oramo concludes the season series conducting two masterpieces from 1936, composed under the looming threat of war

Programme

- - Joseph Phibbs
  - New Work麻豆官网首页入口 co-commission: World Premiere
- - B茅la Bart贸k
  - Violin Concerto No. 2
- - Ralph Vaughan Williams
  - Dona nobis pacem

Performers

Composers

Concert Information

Sakari Oramo brings the season to a close with two masterpieces from 1936, composed under the looming threat of war: Vaughan Williams鈥檚 plea for peace features Sarah Fox, Australian baritone Duncan Rock and the 麻豆官网首页入口 Symphony Chorus, while Bart贸k鈥檚 fabulous, folk-inflected violin concerto is performed by the eloquent Alina Ibragimova. The evening opens with a premiere from the formidable Joseph Phibbs. 鈥楶hibbs鈥檚 sheer accomplishment as a composer is unmistakable. Every idea is telling, every phrase beautiful.鈥� Sunday Times