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Walton, Coleridge-Taylor and Delius with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Mark Bebbington gives a rare performance of Delius's Piano Concerto
Add to my Calendar 05-04-2023 19:30 05-04-2023 21:30 36 Walton, Coleridge-Taylor and Delius with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Samuel Coleridge-Taylor was one of the most prominent figures in British music of his time and his popular orchestral work Symphonic Variations on an African Air – based on the African-American song ‘I’m troubled in mind’ – remains one of his most enduring works. Delius’ Piano Concerto follows, blending red-blooded English Romanticism with pastoral-like gentleness, performed here by eminent British pianist Mark Bebbington. RPO Principal Associate Conductor Alexander Shelley then brings us two works by French composer Lili Boulanger who – in her tragically short lifetime – left an enduring legacy of music, including her beautiful D’un soir triste and symphonic poem D’un matin de printemps. Tonight’s concert culminates with a return to the quintessentially English music of William Walton and a suite from his stirring score for the 1944 film, Henry V. Cadogan Hall, London DD/MM/YYYYDetails
Cadogan Hall
5 Sloane Terrace
Sloane Square, Belgravia
London
SW1X 9DQ
England
Programme
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor – Variations on an African Air, Op.63
Lili Boulanger – D’un matin de printemps
Lili Boulanger – D’un soir triste
Frederick Delius – Piano Concerto
William Walton – Henry V: Suite
Performers
Mark Bebbington – Piano
Alexander Shelley – Conductor
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Programme Note
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor was one of the most prominent figures in British music of his time and his popular orchestral work Symphonic Variations on an African Air – based on the African-American song ‘I’m troubled in mind’ – remains one of his most enduring works.
Delius’ Piano Concerto follows, blending red-blooded English Romanticism with pastoral-like gentleness, performed here by eminent British pianist Mark Bebbington.
RPO Principal Associate Conductor Alexander Shelley then brings us two works by French composer Lili Boulanger who – in her tragically short lifetime – left an enduring legacy of music, including her beautiful D’un soir triste and symphonic poem D’un matin de printemps.
Tonight’s concert culminates with a return to the quintessentially English music of William Walton and a suite from his stirring score for the 1944 film, Henry V.
