
Prom 71 (part 1): Gorecki, Vaughan Williams & Tchaikovsky
Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London, Osmo Vanska conducts the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra in Gorecki's Symphony No 3 (Symphony of Sorrowful Songs), featuring soprano Ruby Hughes.
Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Presented by Suzy Klein
The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra & Osmo Vänskä live at the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Proms. Gorecki's famous 3rd Symphony, Vaughan Williams' Four Last Songs, & Tchaikovsky's great and final 6th Symphony.
A series of farewells as Osmo Vänskä conducts the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra in a programme concluding the season's focus on Polish music and premiering Anthony Payne's orchestration of Vaughan Williams's Four Last Songs. ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 3 New Generation Artists Ruby Hughes and Jennifer Johnston are the soloists, Hughes singing the three Polish texts of Henryk Górecki's 'Symphony of Sorrowful Songs', Johnston singing Procris, Menelaus, Tired and Hands, Eyes and Heart in the Vaughan Williams. Tchaikovsky's 'Pathétique' is the penultimate instalment of this summer's cycle of his symphonies.
Górecki: Symphony No. 3, 'Symphony of Sorrowful Songs'
8.30pm Interval
8.50pm Vaughan Williams Orch. A. Payne: Four Last Songs (ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ commission: world premiere)
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 in B minor, 'Pathétique'
Ruby Hughes (soprano)
Jennifer Johnston (mezzo-soprano)
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra
Osmo Vänskä (conductor).
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Clips
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Vaughan Williams: Four Last Songs - Preview Clip
Duration: 01:10
Music Played
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Henryk Mikołaj Górecki
Symphony No 3 "Symphony of Sorrowful Songs"
Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra.
Broadcast
- Wed 4 Sep 2013 19:30ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 3
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