BBC Proms 2019: Mirga Gra�inyte-Tyla conducts Elgar and Weinberg

The CBSO and Music Director Mirga Gra�inyte-Tyla celebrate the centenary of Mieczyslaw Weinberg the man Shostakovich hailed as �one of the most outstanding composers� of his day � with a rare performance of his Symphony No. 3, a work that combines folk melodies and dances with confessional urgency. That intensity is shared by Elgar�s passionate Cello Concerto, performed here by 2016 BBC Young Musician winner Sheku Kanneh-Mason. The concert opens with Dorothy Howell�s radiant tone-poem Lamia (first performed, like Elgar�s concerto, 100 years ago) and also includes The Way to Castle Yonder, a suite from the much-missed Oliver Knussen�s opera Higglety Pigglety Pop! �A performance of surpassing delicacy and refinement� (The Telegraph) PROGRAM Weinberg: Symphony No. 3; Elgar: Cello Concerto; Dorothy Howell: Lamia; Knussen: The Way to Castle Yonde