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ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra and Chorus - Rachmaninov, Tchaikovsky

Live from the Barbican in London, a concert in which Semyon Bychkov conducts the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra and Chorus. Rachmaninov: The Bells. Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 6.

Semyon Bychkov concludes the 'Beloved Friend' Tchaikovsky project with the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra in a performance of the great Symphony No. 6 'Pathétique'. In part one of the concert they are joined by the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Chorus and superb soloists in Tchaikovsky disciple Rachmaninov's The Bells, a colourful choral symphony to texts by Edgar Allan Poe.

'All my life I have taken pleasure in the differing moods and music of gladly chiming and mournfully tolling bells', declared Rachmaninov. As he wrote The Bells he combined this obsession with his love of church chant, and his admiration for Tchaikovsky - he even booked rooms in Rome in the very same apartment that Tchaikovsky had taken thirty years before him.

Presented by Ian Skelly

Rachmaninov: The Bells, Op.35

8.15 Interval

8.35
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.6 in B minor, Op. 74, (Pathétique)

Emily Magee (soprano)
Vsevolod Grivnov (tenor)
Anatoli Sivko (bass)
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Chorus
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra
Semyon Bychkov (conductor).

2 hours, 25 minutes

Last on

Fri 28 Oct 2016 19:30

Music Played

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    The Bells Op.35

    Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra. Ensemble: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Chorus.
  • Anton Stepanovich Arensky

    Suite No.1 for Two Pianos Op.15 - Waltz

    Performer: Aglika Genova. Performer: Liuben Dimitrov.
    • CPO.
  • Anton Stepanovich Arensky

    Suite No.4 for Two Pianos Op.62

    Performer: Stephen Coombs. Performer: Ian Munro.
    • Hyperion.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Symphony No. 6 in B minor, 'Pathétique'

    Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Semyon Bychkov. Performer: Emily Magee. Performer: Vsevolod Grivnov. Performer: Anatoli Sivko. Ensemble: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Chorus.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Vespers, Op.37

    Choir: Glinka Choir of Leningrad.

Credits

Role Contributor
Performer ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Chorus
Performer ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra

Broadcast

  • Fri 28 Oct 2016 19:30