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Bychkov conducts Brahms

The ѿý Symphony Orchestra with Semyon Bychkov in Brahms's Symphony No 4 plus Glanert's Prague Symphony, a song-symphony with soloists Catriona Morison and Christian Immler.

The ѿý Symphony Orchestra with Semyon Bychkov in Brahms's Fourth Symphony plus Detlev Glanert's Prague Symphony, a song-symphony with soloists Catriona Morison and Christian Immler.

Live from the Barbican presented by tbc

“When you stand before me and look at me, what do you know of the pain within me? And what do I know of that within you?” When Detlev Glanert was commissioned to write a symphony for Prague, he turned to Franz Kafka – whose words, he says “spoke to me immediately”. The result is a song-symphony in the tradition of Mahler that speaks directly to our time: exactly what you’d expect from this most communicative of living composers.

For this UK premiere performance, it's conducted by its dedicatee, Semyon Bychkov, who caused a sensation with the world premiere in Prague last December. He’s paired it with another deeply personal Fourth Symphony by a composer who thrived on reinventing tradition – Johannes Brahms. Expect beauty, truth, and deep emotions honestly shared: in other words, a night to remember.

Detlev Glanert: Prager Sinfonie (Symphony No 4) (ѿý co-commission, UK Premiere)

Interval

Johannes Brahms: Symphony No 4 in E minor

Catriona Morison (mezzo-soprano)
Christian Immler (baritone)
ѿý Symphony Orchestra
Semyon Bychkov (conductor)

2 hours, 28 minutes

Music Played

  • Detlev Glanert

    Symphony No. 4 (Prague Symphony)

    Performer: Catriona Morison. Performer: Christian Immler. Orchestra: ѿý Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Semyon Bychkov.
  • Philippe de Monte

    Super flumina Babylonis for 8 voices

    Choir: ORA. Conductor: Suzi Digby.
  • Jacobus Gallus

    Mirabile Mysterium

    Choir: Stile Antico.
  • Johanna Senfter

    Viola Sonata No.1 in F Minor, Op.41 Last movement – Gemächlich

    Performer: Roland Glassl. Performer: Oliver Triendl.
    • Hanssler Classics.
    • HC22076.
    • 9.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Symphony No. 4 In E Minor Op.98

    Orchestra: ѿý Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Semyon Bychkov.
  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    String Quartet in E-Flat Major: I. Adagio ma non troppo

    Ensemble: Quatuor Ébène.
    • VIRGIN.

Broadcast

  • Fri 24 Nov 2023 19:30