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Shostakovich in Berlin

Tugan Sokhiev conducts the German Symphony Orchestra in Shostakovich's Ninth Symphony. Victor Julien-Laferrière joins the orchestra for Saint-Saëns's First Cello Concerto.

Presented by Penny Gore, with more recordings from concerts around Europe and ѿý ensembles.

We're in Berlin for the 3pm spotlight, as the German Symphony Orchestra plays Shostakovich's Ninth Symphony. They are also joined by Victor Julien-Laferrière for the first of Saint-Saëns's cello concertos, we hear from a concert Stile Antico gave in Antwerp last summer, and excerpts from Charpentier's tragic opera Médée from Les Arts Florissants at a recent concert in Vienna.

Including:

Beethoven: Fidelio - Overture
ѿý Philharmonic
Eva Ollikainen, conductor

Dowland: Flow my Tears
Stile Antico

c.2.10pm
Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor. op. 33
Victor Julien-Laferrière, cello
German Symphony Orchestra, Berlin
Tugan Sokhiev, conductor

Philips: Regina caeli laetare
Dering: Factum est silentium
Stile Antico

c.3pm
Shostakovich Symphony No. 9 in E flat, op. 70
German Symphony Orchestra, Berlin
Tugan Sokhiev, conductor

Scriabin: Waltz, op. 38
Andrei Korobeinikov, piano

c.3.35pm
Charpentier: Excerpts from Médée
Nicholas Scott, countertenor
Blandine de Sansal, mezzo
Edward Grint, bass
Les Arts Florissants
Paul Agnew, director

2 hours, 1 minute

Last on

Wed 10 May 2023 14:00

Music Played

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Fidelio: Overture

    Performer: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra. Performer: Eva Ollikainen.
  • John Dowland

    Flow my Tears

    Choir: Stile Antico.
  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor. op. 33

    Performer: Victor Julien-Laferrière. Orchestra: German Symphony Orchestra, Berlin. Conductor: Tugan Sokhiev.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Sarabande, from 'Cello Suite No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008' (encore)

    Performer: Victor Julien-Laferrière.
  • Peter Philips

    Regina caeli laetare

    Choir: Stile Antico.
  • Richard Dering

    Factum est silentium

    Choir: Stile Antico.
  • Ruth Gipps

    Knight in Armour

    Orchestra: ѿý National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • CHANDOS.
  • William Byrd

    Assumpta est Maria

    Choir: Stile Antico.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Symphony No. 9 in E flat, op. 70

    Orchestra: German Symphony Orchestra, Berlin. Conductor: Tugan Sokhiev.
  • Alexander Scriabin

    Waltz, op. 38

    Performer: Andrei Korobeinikov.
  • Marc‐Antoine Charpentier

    Excerpts from Medee

    Singer: Nicholas Scott. Singer: Blandine de Sansal. Singer: Edward Grint. Orchestra: Les Arts Florissants. Conductor: Paul Agnew.
  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    Marietta's Lied (Die tote Stadt)

    Performer: Tine Thing Helseth. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Eivind Aadland.
    • EMI.

Broadcast

  • Wed 10 May 2023 14:00