Name: Sir Mark Elder: Brahms Symphony Cycle by Britten Sinfonia
Duration: 23 min 50 s
Description: Ahead of the first concerts in Britten Sinfonia's Brahms Symphony Cycle in November 2017, conductor Sir Mark Elder talks about how he's approaching the cycle and why he's returning to the chamber orchestra scale that brahms originally intended.

For wind quintet. Performed by Britten Sinfonia, West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge, 2nd December 2014.

Recorded for broadcast by BBC Radio 3 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3).

Uncanny Vale was co-commissioned by Britten Sinfonia and Wigmore Hall following OPUS2014, a competition for unpublished composers. The commission was made possible by the generous donations of 22 people including principal commissioners Roger and Susan May and one donation in memory of Ettore Fenaroli, as part of Britten Sinfonia's Musically Gifted campaign. Wigmore Hall acknowledges the support of André Hoffmann, president of the Fondation Hoffmann, a Swiss grant-making foundation.

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Ahead of the first concerts in Britten Sinfonia's Brahms Symphony Cycle in November 2017, conductor Sir Mark Elder talks about how he's approaching the cycle and why he's returning to the chamber orchestra scale that brahms originally intended.

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