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Belshazzar鈥檚 Feast

The Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra is joined by pianist Steven Osborne for a programme including Gershwin, Bernstein and Walton.

The Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra is joined by pianist Steven Osborne for a programme including Gershwin, Bernstein and Walton.

Recorded last week at The Lighthouse, Poole, and presented by Martin Handley.

Bernstein: West Side Story: Symphonic Dances
Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue

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Walton: Belshazzar鈥檚 Feast

Steven Osborne (piano)
Andrew Hamilton (baritone)
Bournemouth Symphony Chorus
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
David Hill (conductor)

Adapted from Bernstein's iconic West Side Story, his nine-movement symphonic dances take listeners on a whistle-stop tour of the music the composer penned for his retake of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet story. Andrew Hamilton in the baritone in Walton's cantata - a work the composer set at the 蜜芽传媒's behest to Osbert Sitwell's libretto of the biblical story at which the Babylonian king Belshazzar commits sacrilege. Together with, Bernstein's curtain-raiser, Walton's jazzy depiction of the fall of Babylon sandwiches Gershwin's ode to African-American jazz and American popular song and dance: his concerto-like work piano, Rhapsody in Blue, with soloist Steven Osborne.

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2 hours, 14 minutes

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Tue 20 May 2025 19:30
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Music Played

  • Leonard Bernstein

    Symphonic Dances from West Side Story

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: David Hill.

  • George Gershwin

    Rhapsody in Blue

    Performer: Steven Osborne. Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: David Hill.

  • Mercer Ellington

    Things Ain't What They Used To Be

    Performer: Steven Osborne.

  • Arnold Bax

    Nonet (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.
    • Bax: Nonet / Elegiac Trio / Oboe & Harp Quintets.
    • Hyperion.
    • 2.

  • William Walton

    Belshazzar's Feast

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: David Hill. Choir: Bournemouth Symphony Chorus.

  • Marcel Tournier

    Suite for flute, string trio and harp, Op.34

    Ensemble: Mirage Quintet.
    • NAXOS.

  • Clara Schumann

    Variations on a Theme of Robert Schumann, Op 20

    Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor.
    • Schumann & Brahms.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 17.

Broadcast

  • Tue 20 May 2025 19:30
    蜜芽传媒 Radio 3