Meistersinger, an orchestral tribute

Antony Hermus conducts the BBC SSO in an orchestral version of Wagner’s Die Meistersinger; and they are joined by Benjamin Beilman in Korngold’s Violin Concerto

Live from City Halls, Glasgow

Presented by Jamie MacDougall

Korngold: Violin Concerto

8.00 Interval

8.15 Part 2

Wagner (arr. de Vlieger): Meistersinger - An Orchestral Tribute

Benjamin Beilman (violin)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Antony Hermus (conductor)

Dutch composer Henk de Vlieger has made an art of orchestral compilations drawn from the operatic works of Wagner, selecting the most important fragments of these operas and placing them in a new symphonic context. In tonight's concert the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and conductor Antony Hermus explore his transformation of Wagner's comic opera Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg into an 11-part symphony. By way of prelude the orchestra are joined by "monstrously talented" violinist Benjamin Beilman to perform Korngold's Violin Concerto of 1945, a work imbued with cinematic melodies from a golden era of Hollywood.

Photo: Antony Hermus (credit, Marco Borggreve)