Programme to include:
Addinsell
Warsaw Concerto (from 'Dangerous Moonlight') 10'
Alwyn
The True Glory – March 3'
Bennett
Lady Caroline Lamb – suite 17'
Lucas
Ice Cold in Alex – March 3'
Walton
Battle of Britain – excerpts 11'
and music from space and science-fiction titles, including '2001: A Space Odyssey', 'Alien', 'Independence Day', 'Star Wars' and 'Superman'
Valentina Lisitsa piano
Lawrence Power viola
BBC Concert Orchestra
Keith Lockhart conductor
A parade of excerpts from great British film scores conjures a world of stiff upper lips and suicide missions, while the late Richard Rodney Bennett's lyrical Lady Caroline Lamb suite portrays the literary adventuress who captured Byron's heart.
Superheroes and space travellers dominate the second half, with music by Richard Strauss, Johann Strauss, John Williams and Jerry Goldsmith.