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Mussorgsky's A Night on the Bare Mountain

Penny Gore features Mussorgsky's A Night on the Bare Mountain for ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Music's Ten Pieces. Plus Scriabin: Piano Concerto. Brahms: Symphony No 3. Walton: Spitfire Prelude and Fugue.

Penny Gore presents Mussorgsky's Night on the Bare Mountain, part of Ten Pieces, chosen to inspire and engage primary school children. The performance is taken from a concert given last month by the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Scottish Symphony Orchestra, our featured orchestra this week, with its Chief Conductor, Donald Runnicles.

For more about Ten pieces visit http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01vs08w

It's followed by Scriabin's Piano Concerto in F-sharp minor, with soloist Barry Douglas, taken from the same concert.

Also, Radio 3's Brahms Experience and his Symphony No. 3, with Matthias Pintscher conducting the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Scottish Symphony Orchestra in a performance recorded in 2012. And closing the afternoon, William Walton's Spitfire Prelude and Fugue, conducted this time by Martyn Brabbins.

2pm
Ten Pieces - Mussorgsky: Night on The Bare Mountain

2.15pm
Scriabin: Piano Concerto in F-sharp minor, Op. 20
Barry Douglas (piano)
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Donald Runnicles (conductor)

2.40pm
Brahms Experience: Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 90
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Scottish Symphony
Matthias Pintscher (conductor)

3.20pm
Walton: Spitfire Prelude and Fugue for orchestra (concert version)
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Scottish Symphony
Martyn Brabbins (conductor).

1 hour, 30 minutes

Music Played

  • Johannes Brahms

    Symphony no. 3 in F major Op. 90

    Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Matthias Pintscher.
  • Alexander Scriabin

    Piano Concerto in F sharp minor

    Conductor: Donald Runnicles. Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Performer: Barry Douglas.
  • Modest Mussorgsky

    A Night on the Bare Mountain

    Conductor: Donald Runnicles. Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Scottish Symphony Orchestra.
  • William Walton

    'Spitfire' Prelude and Fugue

    Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.

Credit

Role Contributor
Performer ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Scottish Symphony Orchestra

Broadcast

  • Wed 8 Oct 2014 14:00