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BBC Proms 2014 Saturday Matinee 2
Lapland Chamber Orchestra & Håkan Hardenberger
Part of the Proms 2015
Add to my Calendar 09-08-2014 15:00 09-08-2014 17:00 36 BBC Proms 2014 Saturday Matinee 2 John Storgårds directs his Lapland Chamber Orchestra ' the most northerly professional orchestra in the EU ' making its Proms debut. Contemporary music forms a key role in the ensembles work, and here the group celebrates the 80th birthdays of two major British composers ' Sir Harrison Birtwistle and Sir Peter Maxwell Davies. Swedish trumpeter Håkan Hardenberger is the soloist in Birtwistles concerto Endless Parade, whose dark, maze-like landscape is matched by the languorous vistas of Honegger. The anniversary celebrations of C.P.E. Bach continue with the spiky, brooding textures of his Symphony in B minor. Cadogan Hall, London DD/MM/YYYYDetails
Cadogan Hall
5 Sloane Terrace
Sloane Square, Belgravia
London
SW1X 9DQ
England
Programme
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach – Symphony in B minor 'Hamburg', H.661 Wq.182/5
Harrison Birtwistle – Endless Parade
Arthur Honegger – Pastorale d‘été
Peter Maxwell Davies – Sinfonia
Jean Sibelius – Rakastava, Op.14
Performers
Hakan Hardenberger – trumpet
John Storgårds – Conductor
Lapland Chamber Orchestra
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Programme Note
John Storgårds directs his Lapland Chamber Orchestra ' the most northerly professional orchestra in the EU ' making its Proms debut.
Contemporary music forms a key role in the ensembles work, and here the group celebrates the 80th birthdays of two major British composers ' Sir Harrison Birtwistle and Sir Peter Maxwell Davies. Swedish trumpeter HÃ¥kan Hardenberger is the soloist in Birtwistles concerto Endless Parade, whose dark, maze-like landscape is matched by the languorous vistas of Honegger.
The anniversary celebrations of C.P.E. Bach continue with the spiky, brooding textures of his Symphony in B minor.