Music which moves, stirs – and ultimately survives.

‘Music is Life’ declared Danish composer Carl Nielsen. ‘And like it, inextinguishable’. The thought-provoking and exhilarating music in this concert certainly depicts Life in all its ‘inextinguishable’ variety. Nielsen’s Symphony was written in the early years of World War I. It struggles, sometimes dances, sometimes falls – but ultimately survives. Another survivor is Joey, the ‘War Horse’: Sutton’s score is as moving as the heart-stirring stage show. More recently Sutton composed his uplifting Concerto for Violin during an exhausting round of chemotherapy. It was written for the extraordinary talent of Fenella Humphreys. Michael Seal leads the CBSO through these stirring stories. Music is, indeed, life.