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Monday - Vaughan Williams's Fourth Symphony

In a week of programmes celebrating the orchestra, Ryan Wigglesworth conducts the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra in Vaughan Williams's Fourth Symphony.

In a week of programmes celebrating the orchestra, Ryan Wigglesworth conducts the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra in Vaughan Williams's Fourth Symphony.

Presented by Fiona Talkington

Filled with portent of war, Ralph Vaughan Williams's Symphony no.4 packs a colossal punch. There's also a coronation overture by his pupil, Elizabeth Maconchy, a Poulenc masterpiece premiered by the forebears of today's ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Singers and Shostakovich's delightful Piano Concerto no.2

2.00pm
Randall Thompson
Alleluia
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Singers
Paul Brough, conductor

Maconchy
Proud Thames
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra
Michael Seal, conductor

Bach
Prelude and fugue in G sharp minor, BWV 863
(The Well-Tempered Clavier)
Mahan Esfahani, harpsichord

Mendelssohn
Ruy Blas
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra
Jiri Belohlavek, conductor

Vivaldi
Violin Concerto in B flat, RV 362 ('La caccia')
Freiburg Baroque Orchestra
Gottfried von der Goltz, violin

Bach
Italian Concerto
Mahan Esfahani, harpsichord

3.00pm
Vaughan Williams
Symphony no.4
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra
Ryan Wigglesworth, conductor

Poulenc
Figure Humaine
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Singers
David Hill, conductor

Shostakovich
Piano Concerto no.2
Kirill Gerstein, piano
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra
Semyon Bychkov, conductor

2 hours, 31 minutes

Last on

Mon 12 Dec 2022 14:00

Music Played

  • Randall Thompson

    Alleluia

    Choir: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Singers. Conductor: Paul Brough.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Symphony No.4 in F Minor

    Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ryan Wigglesworth.
  • Elizabeth Maconchy

    Proud Thames

    Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Seal.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1 (Prelude and fugue No 18 in G sharp minor, BWV 863)

    Performer: Mahan Esfahani.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Ruy Blas (Overture)

    Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jiří BÄ›lohlávek.
    • GBÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Violin Concerto in B flat, RV 362 ('La caccia')

    Performer: Gottfried von der Goltz. Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerto in the Italian style in F major, BWV 971

    Performer: Mahan Esfahani.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Piano Trio No 1 in B flat major, Op 21 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Gould Piano Trio.
    • Dvorak: Piano Trios: Gould Piano Trio.
    • Champs Hill.
    • 3.
  • Francis Poulenc

    Figure Humaine

    Choir: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Singers. Conductor: David Hill.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Piano Concerto 2 in F Op.102

    Performer: Kirill Gerstein. Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Semyon Bychkov.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    4 Romantic pieces, Op 75

    Performer: Elena Urioste. Performer: Zhang Zuo.

Broadcast

  • Mon 12 Dec 2022 14:00