Saxophone Concerto op. 26

Rob Burton, BBC Young Musician 2018 Grand Finalist, performs Paul Creston's Saxophone Alto Concerto Op. 26 with City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (CBSO) in Birmingham Symphony Hall, conducted by Mark Wigglesworth. Follow me on Instagram!: @robburtonsax or https://www.instagram.com/robburtonsax/ This video is taken from the televised BBC Young Musician competition in 2018. After a year of 3 great BBC Young Musician finalists, Sheku Kanneh-Mason (cello), Jess Gillam (saxophone) and Ben Goldsheider (horn), Rob Burton competes against Maxim Calver and Lauren Zhang. This video is his grand final performance, following his success winning the woodwind category final. Previous winners of the BBC Young Musician title read like a who’s who of some of today’s most well-respected classical musicians, including oboist Nicholas Daniel, cellist Natalie Clein, clarinettists Mark Simpson, Emma Johnson and violinist Nicola Benedetti. Former finalists include pianist Stephen Hough, Stephen Osborne and Barry Douglas, violinist Tasmin Little, pianist, conductor and composer Thomas Adès, flautist Juliette Bausor and trumpeter Alison Balsom, to name just a few.