Breaking Free: A Century of Russian Culture
Penny Gore presents a concert given by the Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Scottish Symphony Orchestra under conductor Martyn Brabbins, including Tchaikovsky's The Tempest and his Sixth Symphony.
Penny Gore presents a concert given by the Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Scottish Symphony Orchestra under conductor Martyn Brabbins, including Tchaikovsky's The Tempest and his Symphony No. 6; in between them, we hear Elgar's Sea Pictures with the mezzo-soprano Karen Cargill as soloist. This concert is followed by Shostakovich's Symphony No. 7, the 'Leningrad', performed by the Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Semyon Bychkov, all part of Afternoon Concert's participation in Radio 3's season Breaking Free: A Century of Russian Culture, which continues next week.
2.00pm
Tchaikovsky: The Tempest [Burya] - symphonic fantasia, Op 18
Elgar: Sea pictures, Op 37
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 in B minor (Pathétique), Op 74
Karen Cargill (mezzo-soprano)
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Martyn Brabbins (conductor)
3.35pm
Shostakovich: Symphony No 7 in C major (Leningrad), Op 60
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Symphony Orchestra
Semyon Bychkov (conductor).
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Breaking Free: A Century of Russian Culture
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Radio 3's exploration of the 1917 Russian Revolution and its cultural reverberations.
Music Played
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Pyotr Tchaikovsky
The Tempest [Burya] - symphonic fantasia Op.18
Orchestra: Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins. -
Edward Elgar
Sea pictures Op.37
Singer: Karen Cargill. Orchestra: Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins. -
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Symphony no. 6 in B minor Op.74 (Pathetique)
Orchestra: Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins. -
Dmitry Shostakovich
Symphony no. 7 in C major Op.60 (Leningrad)
Orchestra: Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Semyon Bychkov.
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Performer | Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Scottish Symphony Orchestra |
| Performer | Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Symphony Orchestra |
Broadcast
- Fri 10 Nov 2017 14:00Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Radio 3
