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First Live World Premiere Performance of Huw Watkins's Symphony No. 2

Mar. 30, 2023

Performed virtually by the Hallé Orchestra and Sir Mark Elder in 2021, Huw Watkins’s Symphony No. 2 was hailed by The Times as a ‘great British symphony’, which ‘deserved the prolonged ovation the pandemic has denied it.' On March 1, 2, and 5, Sir Mark Elder led the Hallé Orchestra in the premiere live performances of the work at The Bridgewater Hall in Manchester. Watkins notes:

"I wrote my first symphony for the Hallé Orchestra and Sir Mark Elder in 2016 and immediately felt they understood my music instinctively and profoundly. So when I was asked if I would write a new piece for the Hallé, my answer came quickly. I am equally delighted to have the involvement of the BBC National Orchestra of Wales with whom I’ve long been associated. Having got to know both orchestras very well, I hope that this new symphony will challenge and entertain both them and their discerning audiences." 

Listen to Huw Watkins's Symphony (2016):

Symphony/Huw Watkins/Hallé Orchestra/Ryan Wigglesworth, conductor

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Huw Watkins
Symphony No. 2 (2020-21)
for orchestra
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25'

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