60th Anniversary Season leader Michael Davis conductor
Mark Wigglesworth live from the Barbican
Hall, London.
Britten Prelude and Fugue for 18-part string orchestra
Muldowney Three Pieces for Orchestra
(first performance)
8.25 The Protective Mask of Buffoonery
Eric Roseberry considers the influence on Shostakovich of Mahler's use of tragic irony and the grotesque.
8.45 Shostakovich
Symphony No 10