BBC Concert Orchestra 2023-2024 Summer at Snape: BBC Concert Orchestra - BBC Concert Orchestra

23 Aug 2023, Snape Maltings Concert Hall

19:30 Wed 23 Aug 2023 Next Event

Summer at Snape: BBC Concert Orchestra

19:30 Wed 23 Aug 2023 Snape Maltings Concert Hall

The BBC Concert Orchestra returns to Summer at Snape to perform Elgar’s timeless Enigma Variations, with the profoundly beautiful and universally recognised Nimrod at its heart.

Programme

- - Doreen Carwithen
  - The Men of Sherwood Forest – overture
- - Lord Berners
  - A Wedding Bouquet
- - Peter Dickinson
  - The Unicorn - suite
- - Edward Elgar
  - ‘Enigma’ Variations

Performers

Barry Wordsworth
conducor
conducor
Zeb Soanes
narrator
narrator
BBC Concert Orchestra

Composers

About This Event

The BBC Concert Orchestra presents Elgar’s timeless Enigma Variations, with the profoundly beautiful and universally recognised Nimrod at its heart.

Alongside this is Berners’ masterpiece A Wedding Bouquet, narrated by Zeb Soanes, with its catchy tango and waltz melodies. This is followed by the world premiere of the orchestral version of Dickinson’s delightful Unicorns Suite.

Part of

BBC Concert Orchestra 2023-2024

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Elgar: Enigma Variations