Prom 71 (part 2): Gorecki, Vaughan Williams & Tchaikovsky
Conclusion of a Prom in which Osmo Vanska leads the 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Vaughan Williams, orch A Payne: Four Last Songs (Jennifer Johnston: mezzo). Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 6.
Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Presented by Suzy Klein
The 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra & Osmo V盲nsk盲 live at the 大象传媒 Proms. Gorecki's famous 3rd Symphony, Vaughan Williams' Four Last Songs, & Tchaikovsky's great and final 6th Symphony.
A series of farewells as Osmo V盲nsk盲 conducts the 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra in a programme concluding the season's focus on Polish music and premiering Anthony Payne's orchestration of Vaughan Williams's Four Last Songs. 大象传媒 Radio 3 New Generation Artists Ruby Hughes and Jennifer Johnston are the soloists, Hughes singing the three Polish texts of Henryk G贸recki's 'Symphony of Sorrowful Songs', Johnston singing Procris, Menelaus, Tired and Hands, Eyes and Heart in the Vaughan Williams. Tchaikovsky's 'Path茅tique' is the penultimate instalment of this summer's cycle of his symphonies.
G贸recki: Symphony No. 3, 'Symphony of Sorrowful Songs'
8.30pm Interval
8.50pm Vaughan Williams Orch. A. Payne: Four Last Songs (大象传媒 commission: world premiere)
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 in B minor, 'Path茅tique'
Ruby Hughes (soprano)
Jennifer Johnston (mezzo-soprano)
大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra
Osmo V盲nsk盲 (conductor).
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Music Played
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
Four Last Songs
Orchestra: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Orchestrator: Anthony Payne. -
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Symphony No 6 in B minor "Pathetique"
Orchestra: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra.
Broadcast
- Wed 4 Sep 2013 20:50大象传媒 Radio 3
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