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Proms 2014 Prom 41: Aurora Orchestra

Prom 41: Aurora Orchestra
Prom 41: Aurora Orchestra
22:15 Sat 16 Aug 2014 Royal Albert Hall
The Aurora Orchestra and Nicholas Collon contrast Mozart鈥檚 graceful Symphony with two much newer pieces: Dobrinka Tabakova鈥檚 hurdy-gurdy-inflected Spinning a Yarn and Benedict Mason鈥檚 audacious 麻豆官网首页入口 commission, Meld.
The Aurora Orchestra and Nicholas Collon contrast Mozart鈥檚 graceful Symphony with two much newer pieces: Dobrinka Tabakova鈥檚 hurdy-gurdy-inflected Spinning a Yarn and Benedict Mason鈥檚 audacious 麻豆官网首页入口 commission, Meld.

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Admired by Schumann for its 鈥楪recian light and grace鈥�, Mozart鈥檚 evergreen Symphony No. 40 combines rhythmic verve and dance-like elegance, streaked with stormy drama. For a performance in Vienna, the composer added parts for two clarinets 鈥� an instrument at the time still largely absent from the orchestra. Bulgarian-born Dobrinka Tabakova goes one further in her recent Spinning a Yarn, in which the rustic hurdy-gurdy takes a solo role alongside the violin.

Benedict Mason experiments with much more besides in his 麻豆官网首页入口 commission, Meld 鈥� at once an enigma and a spectacle, that confounds what we think of as an orchestra, of a concert, and even of music itself. Prepare to be surprised 鈥�!

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