大象传媒

Katie Derham presents a week of recent performances by the 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra, with a special focus on concerts from their recent residency at the St Magnus International Festival in Orkney; and conductor Edward Gardner continues his survey of Szymanowski. Across the week we hear performances at the extreme ends of Great Britain, as well as some of the more distant places to which the orchestra has journeyed in recent years, with music played during concerts in South Korea, Malaysia and Greece.

Today there's a concert of classics for string orchestra recorded at Orkney's St Magnus Cathedral. Plus the Piano Concerto by the all-round entertainer, pianist, rapper and self-proclaimed 'musical genius', Chilly Gonzales.

Thursday's Opera Matinee is Donizetti's rarely heard opera Belisario, conducted in a new 大象传媒 SO recording by a noted interpreter of the composer, Sir Mark Elder. A first-rate cast revives the story of the 6th-century Byzantine general betrayed by his vengeful wife Antonina.

Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
2.15pm
Elgar: Introduction and Allegro
2.30pm
Richard Strauss: Metamorphosen
大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra (strings),
Andrew Gourlay (conductor).

3.00pm
Szymanowski: Stabat Mater
大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra,
Edward Gardner (conductor).

3.25pm
Tippett: Fantasia concertante on a theme of Corelli
大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra,
Jiri Belohlavek (conductor).

3.45pm
Chilly Gonzales: Piano Concerto
大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra,
Jules Buckley (conductor).