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Breaking Free: A Century of Russian Culture

Penny Gore presents a concert given by the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Scottish Symphony Orchestra under conductor Martyn Brabbins, including Tchaikovsky's The Tempest and his Sixth Symphony.

Penny Gore presents a concert given by the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Scottish Symphony Orchestra under conductor Martyn Brabbins, including Tchaikovsky's The Tempest and his Symphony No. 6; in between them, we hear Elgar's Sea Pictures with the mezzo-soprano Karen Cargill as soloist. This concert is followed by Shostakovich's Symphony No. 7, the 'Leningrad', performed by the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Semyon Bychkov, all part of Afternoon Concert's participation in Radio 3's season Breaking Free: A Century of Russian Culture, which continues next week.

2.00pm
Tchaikovsky: The Tempest [Burya] - symphonic fantasia, Op 18
Elgar: Sea pictures, Op 37
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 in B minor (Pathétique), Op 74
Karen Cargill (mezzo-soprano)
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Martyn Brabbins (conductor)

3.35pm
Shostakovich: Symphony No 7 in C major (Leningrad), Op 60
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra
Semyon Bychkov (conductor).

3 hours

Music Played

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Tempest [Burya] - symphonic fantasia Op.18

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

    Sea pictures Op.37

    Singer: Karen Cargill. Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Symphony no. 6 in B minor Op.74 (Pathetique)

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

    Symphony no. 7 in C major Op.60 (Leningrad)

    Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Semyon Bychkov.

Credits

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

Broadcast

  • Fri 10 Nov 2017 14:00