Proms Saturday Matinee 2: Sibelius, Honegger, C.P.E. Bach, Sir Harrison Birtwistle & Sir Peter Maxwell Davies

Work:: Proms Saturday Matinee 2: Sibelius, Honegger, C.P.E. Bach, Sir Harrison Birtwistle & Sir Peter Maxwell Davies (S01298072527)

John Storgards appears later this season with the BBC Philharmonic, but today directs his Lapland Chamber Orchestra - the most northerly professional orchestra in the EU - making its Proms debut. Contemporary music forms a key role in the ensemble's work, and here the group celebrates the 80th birthdays of two major British composers - Sir Harrison Birtwistle and Sir Peter Maxwell Davies. Swedish trumpeter Hakan Hardenberger is the soloist in Birtwistle's concerto Endless Parade, whose dark, maze-like landscape is matched by the languorous vistas of Honegger. The anniversary celebrations of C. P. E. Bach continue with the spiky, brooding textures of his Symphony in B minor. There will be no interval.

Listing:: L0384877840

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Finish time approx. 16:30