Lichfield Festival

13 Jul 2019, Lichfield Cathedral

19:15 Sat 13 Jul 2019 Next Event

Lichfield Festival

19:15 Sat 13 Jul 2019 Lichfield Cathedral

BBCNOW are joined by conductor Ainars Rubikis, cellist Andrei Ionita (BBC New Generation Artist) and 2019 Artist in residence, Polly Leech (mezzo-soprano).

Programme

- - Edward Elgar
  - Sea Pictures
- - Dmitry Shostakovich
  - Cello Concerto No. 1 in E flat major
- - Edward Elgar
  - ‘Enigma’ Variations

Performers

Ainars Rubikis
Conductor
Conductor
Andrei Ionita
Cello
Cello
Polly Leech
Mezzo Soprano
Mezzo Soprano
BBC National Orchestra of Wales

Composers

About This Event

In the second year of their Festival residency, the BBC National Orchestra of Wales performs two major works featuring “codes” in music, Shostakovich’s Cello Concerto no. 1, with its theme taken from a musical cryptogram of the composer’s initials, and Elgar’s Enigma Variations, featuring Last Night of the Proms favourite “Nimrod”, arguably his best-known work. The programme celebrates a second quintessentially British work, Elgar’s sumptuous song cycle Sea Pictures.