Programme:

Elgar - Cockaigne (In London Town)

Mozart - Piano Concerto No.21.

Bartok - The Miraculous Mandarin

Piano Milda Daunoraite

Westminster Philharmonic start their 2026/27 season with a programme that ranges from the bustle of Edwardian London to the darker corners of early twentieth-century Budapest. Elgar’s Cockaigne (In London Town) is a vivid, warm-hearter concert overture evoking the sounds and energy of the capital. Mozart’s Piano Concerto No.21, one of his best-loved works for the instrument, features soloist Milda Daunoraite. The conert concludes with the complete version of Bartok’s The Miraculous Mandarin, a visceral and dramatic score written for a ballet pantomime that scandalised audienceat its 1926 premiere.