BBC Proms 2017 Birtwistle Elgar

Prom 4: Daniel Barenboim and Staatskapelle Berlin 7. 45pm, Royal Albert Hall Daniel Barenboim and the Staatskapelle Berlin perform Elgars Second Symphony a passionate pilgrimage of the soul. Hear the UK premiere of Sir Harrison Birtwistles Deep Time a work that swaps the ticktock of the everyday for something more alien. Programme Harrison Birtwistle Deep Time (25 mins) BBC cocommission with the Staatskapelle Berlin: UK premiere Edward Elgar Symphony No. 2 in E flat major (56 mins) Performers Staatskapelle Berlin Daniel Barenboim conductor About This Event Daniel Barenboim and the Staatskapelle Berlin bring the generous scope of their interpretation of Elgar s Second Symphony to their second concert of the season, celebrating a work whose modernity and astonishing textural effects startle even now. Dedicated to the memory of Peter Maxwell Davies, who died last year, Sir Harrison Birtwistle s Deep Time continues his careerl