Lyell Cresswell

Barbican Hall, London
Barbican, Silk Street, London EC2
United Kingdom
020 7638 8891
http://www.barbican.org.uk/eticketing

BBC Symphony Orchestra
David Porcelijn conductor
Andreas Haefliger piano

New Zealand-born, Scottish-based composer Lyell Cresswell describes his new work, the title of which is Maori for 'labyrinth', as a concerto for orchestra in which the instruments and ideas are treated as tesserae in a mosaic, assembled to catch the light at different angles. This world premiere is followed by Grieg's Piano Concerto, perhaps the best-known and best-loved of them all, and Rachmaninov's final symphony.

Pre-concert talk, 6.00pm, Barbican Hall
Lyell Cresswell in conversation
(Free to ticket-holders to the evening concert.)

Lyell Cresswell's Ara Kopikopiko was made possible by the award of the first Elgar Bursary, which is administered by the Royal Philharmonic Society.

Lyell Cresswell : Ara Kopikopiko
Edvard Grieg : Piano Concerto
Sergei Rachmaninov : Symphony No 3