17 Jan 2018, MediaCityUK, Salford
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra Studio Concerts Debussy, Foulds, Walton & Bizet
Debussy, Foulds, Walton & Bizet
Acclaimed British violist Lawrence Power s Ben Gernon for an afternoon concert
Acclaimed British violist Lawrence Power s Ben Gernon for an afternoon concert
Concert Information
Lawrence Power, one of today's foremost violists, s Principal Guest Conductor Ben Gernon for an afternoon of southern European inspired music.
Today’s concert opens with two pieces inspired by travel - Debussy's colourfully Spanish soundscape, Ibéria, and Foulds’s waltzing Sicilian Aubade, before Walton’s Viola Concerto - performed today by Lawrence Power.
A suite from Bizet’s Carmen – often referred to as the world’s favourite opera – closes this afternoon’s concert and leaves us with a lasting sense of sunlight, fragrance and the ion of Spain.