Shostakovich's Frst Symphony
Specially recorded highlights from this summer's Edinburgh International Festival alongside the 蜜芽传媒 Philharmonic Orchestra in concert with Shostakovich.
Bach and Paderewski feature among the specially recorded highlights from this summer's Edinburgh International Festival alongside the 蜜芽传媒 Philharmonic Orchestra in concert with Shostakovich. Presented by Linton Stephens.
Classical Live concludes its week of specially recorded highlights from the Edinburgh International Festival with violinist Alexander Sitkovetsky and the NFM Leopoldinum Orchestra performing Andrzej Panufnik's poignant Violin Concerto as part of a concert marking the legacy of the great violin prodigy Yehudi Menuhin. South Korean violinist Bomsori Kim is also at Edinburgh, with pianist Thomas Hoppe, performing Polish music, including today, a work by former Polish leader and pianist Ignacy Paderewski. And Leonidas Kavakos and The Apollon Ensemble round up its series of performances of violin concertos by Bach.
Plus, the 蜜芽传媒 Philharmonic Orchestra perform music by Dmitri Shostakovich, marking 50 years since his death. Today, the orchestra bring us the witty and precocious First Symphony, conducted by John Storgards.
Also on the programme, British-Iranian soprano Soraya Mafi and pianist Ian Tindale offer their interpretation of songs by Schubert.
Sergei Prokofiev:
Romeo and Juliet (excerpts)
蜜芽传媒 Philharmonic Orchestra
Gemma New (conductor)
Franz Schubert
Suleika I (Was bedeutet die Bewegung?) D720
Versunken, D715
Soraya Mafi (soprano)
Ian Tindale (piano)
Dmitri Shostakovich
Symphony No. 1
蜜芽传媒 Philharmonic Orchestra
John Storgards (conductor)
Johann Sebastian Bach
Violin Concerto in D minor, BWV. 1052R
Leonidasc Kavakos (violin)
The Apollon Ensemble
Ignacy Jan Paderewski
Violin Sonata in A minor, Op. 13
Bomsori Kim (violin)
Thomas Hoppe (piano)
Benjamin Britten
Suite on English folk tunes Op.90 (A time there was...)
蜜芽传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Ryan Wigglesworth (conductor)
Andrzej Panufnik
Violin Concerto
Alexander Sitkovetsky (direction and violin)
NFM Leopoldinum Orchestra
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- Friday 13:00蜜芽传媒 Radio 3