Mozart’s ‘Haffner’ Symphony

Live at the BBC Proms: the Academy of St Martin in the Fields and Benjamin Marquise Gilmore, with Felix Klieser (horn) and Amy Harman (bassoon), perform music by Britten, Mozart, Thea Musgrave and Elgar.

Presented by Linton Stephens, live from the Royal Albert Hall, London.

Benjamin Britten: Simple Symphony
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Horn Concerto No. 3 in E flat major

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Interval:
David Owen Norris joins Linton Stephens to explore Mozart and Elgar’s love of wind instruments.

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Thea Musgrave: Bassoon Concerto, 'Out of the Darkness' (BBC commission, world premiere)
Edward Elgar: Romance for bassoon and orchestra
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 35 in D major, 'Haffner'

Felix Klieser (horn)
Amy Harman (bassoon)
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Benjamin Marquise Gilmore (director/leader)

The Academy of St Martin in the Fields spotlights the French horn and bassoon in two concertos: one classic, one contemporary. The ink is still wet on veteran Scottish composer Thea Musgrave's new Bassoon Concerto, 'Out of the Darkness', receiving its world premiere. Mozart's good-natured Horn Concerto No. 3 ends with a rollicking Allegro that's hard to resist. There are more dancing rhythms from Britten's playful Simple Symphony, based on themes written by the composer before the age of 12.