Dvořák, Saint-Saëns, Ayanna Witter-Johnson, Tchaikovsky: BMW Classics 2021 #livestream

Sir Simon Rattle conducts BMW Classics, the London Symphony Orchestra’s free summer concert in London’s Trafalgar Square, on Sunday 15 August 2021 at BST. Join us live here on YouTube from BST. Video available for 90 days. PROGRAMME Dvořák: Slavonic Dances Op 46, Nos 1 & 3 Saint-Saëns: Introduction and Rondo capriccioso Ayanna Witter-Johnson: DreamCity * Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker – Ballet: Act II Sir Simon Rattle: conductor Leia Zhu: violin London Symphony Orchestra LSO East London Academy Young Musicians * Programme notes: ABOUT THE MUSIC Sir Simon Rattle and the London Symphony Orchestra take to the giant open-air stage, joined by young musicians from the LSO’s pioneering East London Academy and teenage violin prodigy Leia Zhu, guest soloist for Saint-Saëns’ great showpiece, Introduction and Rondo capriccioso. The programme features music inspired by the theme of dance and ballet, with Dvořák’s Slavonic Dances and music fro