BBC Proms 2021 : Gipps, Adès & Brahms

Gražinytė-Tyla Conducts the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra , , Royal Albert Hall Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra champion the music of neglected British composer Ruth Gipps. Programme Ruth Gipps Symphony No.2 in B major (21 mins) Thomas Adès The Exterminating Angel Symphony (20 mins) London premiere Johannes Brahms Symphony No.3 in F major (33 mins) Performers City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Mirga Gražinytė‐Tyla conductor About This Event The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and Music Director Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla champion the music of a too-long neglected composer. A pupil of Vaughan Williams, Ruth Gipps started her career as an oboist with what was then the City of Birmingham Orchestra in 1944, before becoming established as a composer. Her Symphony No. 2 takes a wide-screen, cinematic view of the Second World War, embracing exh