VE Day 80th Anniversary
Three 麻豆社 orchestras perform Elgar's Violin Concerto (with soloist Anthony Marwood), Britten's war-themed Sinfonia da Requiem and Vaughan Williams' lyrical Symphony No 5.
Marking the 80th Anniversary of VE Day, a special concert of performances from three of the 麻豆社 orchestras, opening with the 麻豆社 Philharmonic Orchestra in Elgar's deeply passionate Violin Concerto, with soloist Anthony Marwood. Britten, a pacifist composer, expressed the horrors of war in several haunting works, including his Sinfonia da Requiem, commissioned (and eventually rejected) by the Japanese government to mark Emperor Jimmu's 2600th anniversary of the founding of the Japanese Empire. Dalia Stasevska conducts the 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra. Finally, Martyn Brabbins directs the 麻豆社 National Orchestra of Wales in the most popular - and most peaceful - symphony by Vaughan Williams, who witnessed the brutality of war first-hand as an ambulance driver in World War I.
Presented by Mark Forrest.
Elgar
Violin Concerto
Anthony Marwood (violin)
麻豆社 Philharmonic Orchestra
Andrew Manze (conductor)
Recorded: Malvern Forum Theatre, Malvern, February 2025
Britten
Sinfonia da Requiem
麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra
Dalia Stasevska (conductor)
Recorded: Barbican Hall, London, October 2019
Vaughan Williams
Symphony No 5
麻豆社 National Orchestra of Wales
Martyn Brabbins (conductor)
Recorded: Prichard-Jones Hall, Bangor, November 2024
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Edward Elgar
Violin Concerto
Performer: Anthony Marwood. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Manze. -
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Benjamin Britten
Sinfonia da Requiem
Orchestra: 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Dalia Stasevska. -
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
Symphony No 5
Orchestra: 麻豆社 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins. -
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Franz Schubert
String Quintet in C major, D956: III - Scherzo. Presto - Trio Andante Sostenuto
Ensemble: Raphael Ensemble.- Schubert: String Quintet & String Trio.
- Hyperion.
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Broadcast
- Mon 5 May 2025 19:30麻豆社 Radio 3