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Prom 20 - Walton, Gurney & Sally Beamish archiveCommemorating 100 years since the outbreak of the First World War, the BBC Symphony Orchestra explores English responses to conflict across three generations. Gassed while fighting in the trenches in 1917, Gurney never fully recovered. His War Elegy (1920) is a characteristically personal lament - heavy with bittersweet sadness and regret. Sally Beamish's 1994 Violin Concerto, written for tonight's soloist, Anthony Marwood, takes inspiration from Erich Maria Remarque's novel All Quiet on the Western Front. While not explicitly programmatic, the slow movement of Walton's First Symphony is among the 20th century's most poignant orchestral cries of grief - an echo, perhaps, of horrors past, and a foreshadow of horrors yet to come. Finish time approx. 21:40

Cast/Performers

Anthony Marwood (violin)

Creatives/Company

Company: BBC Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Martyn Brabbins

Prom 20 - Walton, Gurney & Sally Beamish

Prom 20 - Walton, Gurney & Sally Beamish (Concert) production archive for QTIX code T0116836483. Details of all Prom 20 - Walton, Gurney & Sally Beamish archived productions can be found under the QTIX code: S01126278745

Archive Listings

1 Aug 14Royal Albert Hall
Inner London, Greater London
Performance Details => Venue archive

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