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Katie Derham continues this week's twin themes of recent concerts by the 麻豆社 Scottish Symphony Orchestra and the experience of the First World War, reflecting Armistice Day.

Elgar: Carillon for speaker and orchestra, Op. 75 (1914)
Simon Callow (speaker),
麻豆社 Concert Orchestra,
John Wilson (conductor).

2.10pm
Butterworth: A Shropshire Lad - Rhapsody
麻豆社 Scottish Symphony Orchestra,
Andrew Manze (conductor).

Vaughan Williams: Oboe Concerto
Nicholas Daniel (oboe),
麻豆社 Scottish Symphony Orchestra,
Andrew Manze (conductor).

2.40pm
Schubert: Symphony no. 9 in C major
麻豆社 Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Manze (conductor)

3.30pm
Elgar: Polonia, Op. 76 (1915)
麻豆社 Concert Orchestra
John Wilson (conductor)

3.45pm
Vaughan Williams:
The Lark Ascending
Nicola Benedetti (violin)
麻豆社 Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Christoph K枚nig (conductor)

Elgar: Une Voix dans le d茅sert, Op. 77 (1915)
Susan Gritton (soprano)
Simon Callow (speaker)
麻豆社 Concert Orchestra
John Wilson (conductor)

Today's main concert of Butterworth, Vaughan Williams and Schubert was given in Glasgow less than an fortnight ago by the 麻豆社 Scottish Symphony Orchestra and their Associate Guest Conductor Andrew Manze. George Butterworth, who was killed on the Western Front in 1916, is the direct connection with this week's other theme of the First World War - also reflected today by three works Elgar wrote to support the war effort, and by another concertante work by Vaughan Williams, possibly the best-loved piece he ever wrote: 'The Lark Ascending'. Sketched as the war was starting, but not finished till after 1918, in a very different world, the music has been seen as a lament for England's supposed lost innocence.