Armistice Centenary Concert
Brahms Tragic Overture 
Butterworth A Shropshire Lad
Ravel Piano Concerto for Left Hand
Soloist Nicholas McCarthy
Elgar Symphony No 2 in E flat major
In our Armistice Centenary concert, Brahms’ arresting Tragic Overture is followed by Butterworth’s nostalgically lyrical ‘A Shropshire Lad’, written in the shadow of WWI. Ravel’s jazzy and virtuosic Concerto for the Left Hand follows – commissioned by a pianist who lost an arm in the conflict. After the interval we present Elgar’s Second Symphony, composed, as he put it, ‘at fever heat’, one of his most impassioned, intense, and inspiring works.
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