Prom 10: Elgar’s Second Symphony

Prom 10: Elgar’s Second Symphony

Royal Albert Hall

Ryan Wigglesworth and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra present a feast of English music, featuring Britten’s suite from his 1953 coronation opera Gloriana, Cheryl Frances-Hoad’s new climate change-themed Cello Concerto and Elgar’s Second Symphony.

Programme

• Benjamin Britten




• Gloriana – Symphonic Suite(26 mins)




• Cheryl Frances-Hoad




• Cello Concerto, ‘Earth, Sea, Air’(18 mins)




• INTERVAL




• Edward Elgar




• Symphony No 2 in E flat major(54 mins)

Performers

• 
  

  Laura van der Heijden

  
  

  cello

  
  



• BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra



• 
  

  Ryan Wigglesworth

  
  

  conductor

  
  

Composers

• Benjamin Britten




• Cheryl Frances-Hoad




• Edward Elgar