
Lauren Zhang's Rachmaninov
Lauren Zhang joins the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Scottish Symphony Orchestra to perform Rachmaninov's Third Piano Concerto, and conductor Mark Wigglesworth leads music by Prokofiev and Alissa Firsova.
Lauren Zhang brings youthful verve to a performance of Rachmaninov's Third Piano Concerto. Described as the "Everest of piano concertos" because of the scale of the technical demands it makes on its pianist, it also covers a huge emotional terrain in its adventurous musical design. Zhang is reunited with the conductor Mark Wigglesworth: with whom she won the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Young Musician competition in 2018 performing Prokofiev.
And Prokofiev's Symphony no 7 precedes the concerto performance. The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Scottish Symphony Orchestra will perform this melancholic work, from 1957.
Prokofiev is a Russian composer, and another Russian-born composer is Alissa Firsova. The orchestra begins its concert with a performance of her ecstatically romantic music "Die Windsbraut", inspired by the tragic love affair between Alma Mahler and Oskar Kokoschka as depicted in his titular painting, "The Bride of the Wind".
Live from City Halls, Glasgow
Presented by Kate Molleson
Firsova: Die Windsbraut
Prokofiev: Symphony no 7
8.10 Interval
8.30 Part 2
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto no 3
Lauren Zhang (piano)
Mark Wigglesworth (conductor)
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Scottish Symphony Orchestra
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Alissa Firsova
Die Windsbraut op.38
Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Mark Wigglesworth. -
Sergey Prokofiev
Symphony No.7
Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Mark Wigglesworth. -
Alissa Firsova
Tennyson Fantasy: Come Down, O Maid ...
Ensemble: Tippett Quartet. -
Elena Olegovna Firsova
For Alissa
Performer: Alissa Firsova. -
Sergey Rachmaninov
Piano Concerto No.3
Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Mark Wigglesworth. -
AntonÃn Dvořák
Serenade for Wind
Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.- DG.
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- Thu 5 Mar 2020 19:30ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 3
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