BBC Proms: Brahms’s Second Symphony | National Youth Choir (18-25 Years)

Solemn ritual and holiday sunshine collide in a concert by Ilan Volkov and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. The incense-scented processional splendour of Gabrieli’s 'In ecclesiis' and 'Canzone a tre core', transcribed with contemporary clarity by Bruno Maderna, frame Stravinsky’s last major work – the ‘pocket-requiem’ he knew he was ‘writing for himself’. Step out of church and into the pastoral warmth of Brahms’s happiest symphony, written on the slopes of the Austrian Alps: ‘all blue sky, babbling streams, sunshine and cool green shade'.

You may also like the following events from National Youth Choir:

• This Saturday, 5th July, 10:00 am, SING! workshop in Birmingham in Lichfield
• Next Sunday, 13th July, 10:00 am, Free SING! workshop for Y5-8s in Salford in Salford
• Next month, 2nd August, 11:00 am, Three Choirs Festival | National Youth Choir (18-25 Years) in Hereford

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