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Heroic Strokes of the Bow

The ѿý Symphony Orchestra performs Judith Weir, Elisabetta Brusa, a rarity by Germaine Tailleferre and Victoria Borisova-Olas's The Kingdom of Silence, from Maida Vale Studios.

Two UK premieres on show tonight: sparky Firelights by Elisabetta Brusa, and Victoria Borisova-Ollas’s dream-like sound world in The Kingdom of Silence which explores “that mysterious country where we all should go to after our lifetime”. Alexandra Dariescu is the soloist in the inventive Ballade for piano and orchestra by Germaine Tailleferre (1892-1983), the only woman member of Les Six, the group of composers in 1920s Paris which included Poulenc, Honegger and Milhaud.

The concert finishes with Heroic Strokes of the bow by Judith Weir, Master of the Queen’s Music. This is the composer’s response to Paul Klee’s painting of the same name – “a blue and black painting on pink newspaper….which seems to show a simple pattern of violin bows and pegs against a hypnotic blue background.”

The conductor is Stefan Solyom, Principal Conductor and Artistic Adviser of the Helsingborg Symfoniorkester, Sweden.

Recorded at Maida Vale Studios on 31st January 2020
Presented by Penny Gore

Elisabetta Brusa: Firelights (UK premiere)
Germaine Tailleferre: Ballade for piano and orchestra

8.10 pm
Interval

Pauline Viardot: Choeur Bohemien;
Mel Bonis: L'Oiseau Bleu
ѿý Singers
Grace Rossiter (conductor)

Clara Schumann: Notturno No 2 of Soireés musicales Op.6
Alexandra Dariescu (piano)

8.20pm Part 2
Victoria Borisova-Ollas: The Kingdom of Silence (UK premiere)
Judith Weir: Heroic Strokes of the Bow

Alexandra Dariescu (piano)
ѿý Symphony Orchestra
Stefan Solyom (conductor)

2 hours, 29 minutes

Last on

Sun 8 Mar 2020 21:00

Music Played

  • Elisabetta Brusa

    Firelights

    Orchestra: ѿý Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Stefan Solyom.
  • Germaine Tailleferre

    Ballade for piano and orchestra

    Performer: Alexandra Dariescu. Orchestra: ѿý Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Stefan Solyom.
  • Lili Boulanger

    Prelude and Trois Morceaux

    Performer: Alexandra Dariescu.
  • Pauline Viardot

    Choeur Bohemien

    Performer: Elizabeth Burgess. Choir: ѿý Singers. Conductor: Grace Rossiter.
  • Mel Bonis

    L'Oiseau Bleu

    Performer: Elizabeth Burgess. Choir: ѿý Singers. Conductor: Grace Rossiter.
  • Clara Schumann

    Nocturne from Soirees musicales

    Performer: Alexandra Dariescu.
  • Victoria Borisova-Ollas

    The Kingdom of Silence

    Orchestra: ѿý Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Stefan Solyom.
  • Judith Weir

    Heroic Strokes of the Bow

    Orchestra: ѿý Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Stefan Solyom.

Broadcast

  • Sun 8 Mar 2020 21:00

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