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ѿý Philharmonic - Vaughan Williams, Sofia Gubaidulina

Vassily Sinaisky conducts the ѿý Philharmonic at Manchester's Bridgewater Hall. Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis; Symphony No 3. Gubaidulina: Offertorium.

The ѿý Philharmonic, conducted by Vassily Sinaisky, in music by Vaughan Williams. They are joined by violinst Vadim Gluzman for Sofia Gubaidulina's 'Offertorium'.

From the Bridgewater Hall in Manchester
Presented by Tom Redmond

Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Sofia Gubaidulina: Offertorium

8.15 Music Interval

8.35
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No 3 (A Pastoral Symphony)

Vadim Gluzman (violin)
Robin Tritschler (tenor)
ѿý Philharmonic
Vassily Sinaisky (conductor)

Vassily Sinaisky, a Russian conductor with a real affinity for English music returns to the ѿý Philharmonic in a programme which opens with Vaughan Williams's timeless Tallis Fantasia, his working for three groups of strings of a sixteenth-century psalm tune by Thomas Tallis. Vadim Gluzman joins them for Sofia Gubaidulina's 'Offertorium'; which also takes spiritual inspiration from music from an earlier era, here Bach's 'Musical Offering', providing the basis for spellbinding music of sacred drama and sacrifice. Vaughan Williams described his Pastoral Symphony, a personal response to the First World War, as 'war-time music' rather than 'lambkins frisking', a lonely bugler, horn and a wordless voice help conjure the bleakness of the battle-fields.

2 hours, 30 minutes

Music Played

  • Part 1

    • Ralph Vaughan Williams

      Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis

      Orchestra: ѿý Philharmonic Strings. Conductor: Vassily Sinaisky.
    • Sofia Gubaidulina

      Offertorium

      Performer: Vadim Gluzman. Orchestra: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vassily Sinaisky.
  • Interval

    • Ralph Vaughan Williams

      Mass in G minor

      Choir: Corydon Singers. Conductor: Matthew Best.
  • Part 2

    • Ralph Vaughan Williams

      Pastorale Symphony

      Orchestra: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vassily Sinaisky. Singer: Robin Tritschler.
  • Post-concert

    • Luigi Denza

      Se

      Performer: James Baillieu. Singer: Ben Johnson.
    • Sergey Prokofiev

      Romeo and Juliet: 5 pieces from the ballet trans. for viola and piano (1,2 & 3)

      Performer: Lawrence Power. Performer: Simon Crawford‐Phillips. Music Arranger: W.W. Borisovski.
    • Shabaka Hutchings

      Inner Babylon

      Composer: Akua Lumumba Kamau. Ensemble: Sons of Kemet.

Credit

Role Contributor
Performer ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra

Broadcast

  • Fri 28 Apr 2017 19:30