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Performance on 3: Roxburgh, Delius, Elgar

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Roxburgh, Delius, Elgar

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Andrew Davis conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in works by Roxburgh and Elgar.

Andrew Davis conducts the BBC SO and Chorus in a concert given at the Barbican, London. Roxburgh: Concerto for Orchestra (world premiere). Elgar: Falstaff.

Presented live from the Barbican, Petroc Trelawny introduces a concert by the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus.

British music, a central part of the BBC Symphony Orchestra life since its birth, is celebrated in style tonight under Sir Andrew Davis. The Orchestra's Conductor Laureate sets the pace with the world premiere of Edwin Roxburgh's exhilarating Concerto for Orchestra before turning to Elgar's portrayal of Shakespeare's 'fat knight'. The concert closes with Delius's sublime tone-poem, The Song of the High Hills, a work inspired by Norway's landscape and nature. 

Edwin Roxburgh: Concerto for Orchestra (RPS Elgar Bursary Commission; World Premiere)
Elgar: Falstaff

Olivia Robinson (soprano)
Christopher Bowen (tenor)
BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
Sir Andrew Davis (conductor).

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Andrew Davis conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in a concert of British music

Andrew Davis conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in a concert of British music - a central part of its repertoire. Including a world premiere of a work by Edwin Roxburgh

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