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23 Jan 2020, Glasgow City Halls
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大象传媒 SSO 2019-20 Season Afternoon Performance: Dvo艡谩k Symphony No.7

大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Afternoon Performance: Dvo艡谩k Symphony No.7
14:00 Thu 23 Jan 2020 Glasgow City Halls
Miguel Harth-Bedoya conducts Dvo艡谩k鈥檚 dramatic Seventh Symphony.
Miguel Harth-Bedoya conducts Dvo艡谩k鈥檚 dramatic Seventh Symphony.

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They called Alexander Glazunov the 鈥淩ussian Mendelssohn鈥, and he might well have been music鈥檚 greatest child prodigy since Mozart. But what matters today is that his Violin Concerto, written in 1904, has all the hallmarks of a blockbuster 鈥 glittering fireworks, glowing colours, and an endless flow of sweet, songful, irresistibly hummable melodies. It鈥檚 a special favourite of violinist Krist贸f Bar谩ti 鈥 himself a favourite of 大象传媒 SSO audiences, acclaimed by 鈥楾he Scotsman鈥 for his 鈥渟heer command and presence鈥 鈥 and it鈥檒l make the warmest possible heart to this red-blooded programme from the energetic Peruvian conductor Miguel Harth-Bedoya. Grazyna Bacewicz鈥檚 Concerto is a typically exhilarating and inventive workout for the 大象传媒 SSO鈥檚 strings, from one of 20th-century Poland鈥檚 most undeservedly neglected geniuses. And as for Dvo艡谩k鈥檚 Seventh Symphony: well, 19th-century Czech listeners heard it as a drama of national reawakening. But it鈥檚 infinitely more than just that: an impassioned, storm-swept outpouring of melody and emotion, in which Dvo艡谩k fearlessly stakes his claim to a place in the great symphonic tradition.

The concert will be recorded for future broadcast on 大象传媒 Radio 3.