Salomon past concerts: Tuesday 10^th February 2004

St John's Smith Square, SW1

Conductor Malcolm Binney Flute Julian Sperry

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Cockaigne is Elgar's idealised picture of Edwardian London, with the moods encompassing lovers in a secluded park and the excitement of a passing brass band.

Nielsen's Flute Concerto was written for Holger Gilbert Jespersen of the Copenhagen Wind Quintet. The music for the flute is genteel, and is contrasted with a buffoonish trombone. Take a look at the excellent Carl Nielsen site via our links page. Click the name for a brief biography of our soloist Julian Sperry.

Brahms composed his Fourth Symphony in Mürzzuschlag in Austria in 1884-5. The first performance was in Meiningen, and the orchestra was impressed enough to immediately take it on tour. Brahms was known for making romantic works in the classical form, but the finale of the symphony, a passacaglia  based on a Bach chaconne but with the romantic introduction of a chromatic note in the theme, was progressive and influential.

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