Górecki's Symphony No. 3 from the ѿý Proms
Linton Stephens showcases highlights from the Proms and from the Cheltenham Festival, including Henryk Górecki's Symphony No. 3 performed by the ѿý Symphony Orchestra.
Linton Stephens showcases highlights from the Proms and from the Cheltenham Festival In today's programme, the ѿý Symphony Orchestra and conductor Dalia Stasevska perform Henryk Górecki’s ‘Symphony of Sorrowful Songs’ which translates loss and pain into sound. Violinist Joshua Bell joins the orchestra for the UK premier of Thomas de Hartmann's Violin Concerto plus we will hear Ottorino Respighi’s warmly expansive reworking of an organ chorale prelude by J. S. Bach.
Elsewhere, performances from the recent Cheltenham Music Festival including former Radio 3 New Generation Artist, pianist Giorgi Gigashvili, performing from Felix Mendelssohn's collection of Songs Without Words.
Henryk Mikołaj Górecki
Symphony No. 3, ‘Symphony of Sorrowful Songs’
Francesca Chiejina (soprano)
ѿý Symphony Orchestra
Dalia Stasevska (conductor)
Johann Sebastian Bach (orch. Respighi)
Three Chorales, No. 1: ‘Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland’
ѿý Symphony Orchestra
Dalia Stasevska (conductor)
Felix Mendelssohn
Selection from Songs Without Words, Op. 19
Giorgi Gigashvili (piano)
Thomas de Hartmann
Violin Concerto (UK premier)
Joshua Bell (violin)
ѿý Symphony Orchestra
Dalia Stasevska (conductor)
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Henryk Mikołaj Górecki
Symphony No. 3, 'Symphony of Sorrowful Songs'
Singer: Francesca Chiejina. Singer: Francesca Chiejina. Orchestra: ѿý Symphony Orchestra. Orchestra: ѿý Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Dalia Stasevska. Conductor: Dalia Stasevska. -
Johann Sebastian Bach
Three Chorales - No. 1: 'Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland'
Orchestrator: Ottorino Respighi. Orchestra: ѿý Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Dalia Stasevska. -
Felix Mendelssohn
Selection from songs without words, Op. 19
Performer: Giorgi Gigashvili. -
Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni
Concerto à 5 in B flat major, Op.7`3
Performer: Alison Balsom. Ensemble: Scottish Ensemble.- Italian Concertos; Alison Balsom, Scottish Ensemble.
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Thomas de Hartmann
Violin Concerto
Performer: Joshua Bell. Orchestra: ѿý Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Dalia Stasevska.
Broadcast
- Wed 27 Aug 2025 13:00ѿý Radio 3