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George Lewis and Beethoven

Live at the Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Proms: Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú SSO, Ilan Volkov and soprano Lucy Crowe perform a new work, Minds in Flux, by George Lewis and Beethoven's Second Symphony and concert aria Ah! perfido.

Live at the Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Proms: Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú SSO, Ilan Volkov and soprano Lucy Crowe perform a new work, Minds in Flux, by George Lewis and Beethoven's Second Symphony and concert aria Ah! perfido.

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Presented by Kate Molleson

George Lewis: Minds in Flux

c. 8.00pm
Kate Molleson talks to George Lewis about the forces that have influenced him as a composer and artist.

c. 8.25pm
Beethoven: Concert aria ‘Ah! perfido’
Beethoven: Symphony No 2

Lucy Crowe, soprano
Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Ilan Volkov, conductor

The Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Scottish Symphony Orchestra and Principal Guest Conductor Ilan Volkov pair Beethoven’s dramatic concert aria ‘Ah! perfido’ with the Second Symphony – a work whose vitality and ‘smiling’ mood belie the private struggles and despair of a composer wrestling with hearing loss – with a new commission from celebrated American composer George Lewis. This world premiere blends a conventional orchestra with spatialised electronics, exploiting the unique space of the Royal Albert Hall to create, in Lewis’s words, ‘a medium for meditation on what processes of decolonisation might sound like’.

2 hours, 29 minutes

Last on

Thu 26 Aug 2021 19:30

Music Played

  • George Lewis

    Minds in Flux

    Orchestra: Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ilan Volkov.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Concert aria 'Ah! Perfido'

    Performer: Lucy Crowe. Orchestra: Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ilan Volkov.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No. 2 in D major

    Orchestra: Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ilan Volkov.
  • Henri Vieuxtemps

    Elegie Op.30

    Performer: Timothy Ridout. Performer: Ke Ma.
    • CHAMPS HILL RECORDS.
  • John Foulds

    Music-Poem Op 5 No 20 'Mirage'

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
    • Warner Classics.
  • Malcolm Arnold

    Brass Quintet no.1 Op.73 (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Stockholm Chamber Brass.
    • BIS.

Broadcast

  • Thu 26 Aug 2021 19:30

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