Name: Tadaaki Otaka Conducts Britten And Elgar
Start: 2023-03-24T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2023-03-25T00:00:00.000Z
Location: St David's Hall

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BBC Welsh National Orchestra

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Tadaaki Otaka

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Simone Lamsma

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Tadaaki Otaka Conducts Britten And Elgar

Cardiff

United Kingdom

St David's Hall

Swansea

Brangwyn Hall

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Private

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Nocturne for Orchestra

Violin Concerto, Op. 15

Symphony No. 2 in E♭ Major, op. 63

Saurav Kumar

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Much-loved Conductor Laureate Tadaaki Otaka returns to BBC NOW for firm favourites by Elgar and Britten, alongside Elizabeth Maconchy’s charmingly evocative Nocturne for Orchestra.

In this all British programme, exploring the music of three contemporaries of the 20th Century, we’re joined by radiant Dutch violinist Simone Lamsma for Britten’s ever-popular Violin Concerto. With edgy ambivalence, expressed through intricate harmonies, lyrically introspective themes and vigorous rhythmic figures, the concerto is a virtuosic display of extraordinary power.

The music of Elgar holds a special place in Tadaaki’s heart, and audiences are in for a real treat with his Second Symphony. Tremendous in energy, opulence and musical athleticism, the symphony is a rhapsodic flow of original melodies, rhythmic playfulness and intricate, pearly, luminous qualities. This is certainly a concert not to be missed…

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Tadaaki Otaka Conducts Britten And Elgar by Maconchy, Britten, Elgar, From (2023/2023), Conductor Tadaaki Otaka, St David's Hall, Cardiff, United Kingdom

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