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Episode 2

With Katie Derham. Janacek: Suite (The Cunning Little Vixen). Nicolson: Shadows on the Wall. Stravinsky: Firebird. Szymanowski: Harnasie. Britten: 4 Sea Interludes (Peter Grimes).

Katie Derham continues her week of Afternoon on 3 concerts from the ѿý Symphony Orchestra's recent visit to the St Magnus International Festival in Orkney. Today we hear a concert from the Pickaquoy Centre inspired by fairy tales, including the suite from Janacek's opera telling the tale of Vixen Sharp Ears, and the world premiere of a new work by the Festival's Artistic Director Alasdair Nicolson which tells tales of its own - it's a ѿý commission, written for the young Scottish mezzo-soprano Rowan Hellier. Completing the programme are folk tales from Russia and Poland, and the adaptation of George Crabbe's poem "The Borough" that inspired Britten's opera Peter Grimes, and his Four Sea Interludes.

Janacek: Suite from The Cunning Little Vixen
2.20pm
Alasdair Nicolson: Shadows on the Wall - Five Hauntings for Voice and Orchestra
Rowan Hellier (mezzo-soprano),
ѿý Symphony Orchestra,
Alexander Vedernikov (conductor).

2.40pm
Stravinsky: Firebird Suite (1945)
ѿý Symphony Orchestra,
Alexander Vedernikov (conductor).

3.25pm
Szymanowski: Harnasie
ѿý Symphony Orchestra,
Edward Gardner (conductor).

4pm
Britten: 4 Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes, Op. 33a
ѿý Symphony Orchestra,
Jiri Belohlavek (conductor).

2 hours, 30 minutes

Music Played

  • Leos Janáček

    The Cunning little vixen - suite

  • Igor Stravinsky

    Symphony of psalms

  • R. Nicolson

    Shadows on the Wall ? Five Hauntings

  • Igor Stravinsky

    The Firebird - suite

  • Karol Szymanowski

    Harnasie

  • Benjamin Britten

    4 Sea interludes [from 'Peter Grimes'] (Op.33a)

Broadcast

  • Tue 2 Jul 2013 14:00