Main content
Sorry, this episode is not currently available

ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ SO - Norman, Britten, Shostakovich

Andrew Gourlay conducts the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra. Andrew Norman: Unstuck (UK premiere). Britten: Violin Concerto (soloist: Daniel Hope). Shostakovich: Symphony No 10 in E minor.

Presented by Catherine Bott.
From the Barbican Hall, London.

Andrew Gourlay and the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ SO play Shostakovich's Symphony No 10, and are joined by Daniel Hope in Britten's Violin Concerto.

Of all Shostakovich's symphonies, the Tenth is often said to be the most perfectly formed and deeply felt. In total contrast, Unstuck by young American composer Andrew Norman is cheerfully upbeat, until it gets 'stuck' in a repetitive groove and has trouble fighting free. Britten's concerto, with its combination of wit and elegiac lyricism, sits somewhere in between.

Andrew Norman: Unstuck (UK premiere)
Britten: Violin Concerto
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10 in E minor

Daniel Hope, violin,
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra,
Andrew Gourlay, conductor.

2 hours

Last on

Sun 29 Jan 2012 14:00

Broadcast

  • Sun 29 Jan 2012 14:00