Sat 28 September 2019 7:00pm
From the royal court of 17th century England to the New Mexico desert; from the cloisters of Gloucester Cathedral to the Sussex Downs. British music spans centuries as well as continents, and today Mirga and the CBSO embark on a truly fantastic adventure in time and space – featuring Midlands-born cello superstar Sheku Kanneh-Mason in Elgar’s hugely popular Cello Concerto.
CBSO+ 5.45pm: Join some of our long-standing audience members as they share their CBSO memories in this unique pre-concert event.
Artists
Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla
Conductor
Sheku Kanneh-Mason
Cello
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Programme
Purcell (arr. Stucky) Funeral Music For Queen Mary, 10’
Elgar Cello Concerto, 30’
George Benjamin Ringed By The Flat Horizon, 20’
Vaughan Williams Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis, 15’
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