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大象传媒 SSO - Ives, Ravel, Shostakovich (part 2)

Radio 3 Live in Concert Live from St Magnus Cathedral
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Live from St Magnus Cathedral, 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra under Thomas Dasgaard with Kate Valentine (soprano), Sergei Leiferkus (baritone). Shostakovich: Symphony No 14.

Live from St Magnus Cathedral as part of the St Magnus International Festival, Orkney. Part of Radio 3's WWI season, Music in the Great War.

Presented by Jamie MacDougall

19.30
Ives - The Unanswered Question
Ravel - Le Tombeau de Couperin

20.00
Interval

20.20
Shostakovich - Symphony No 14

Joan Rodgers
Sergei Leiferkus
大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Thomas Dausgaard

Completing its residency at the St Magnus International Festival in Orkney, the 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Thomas Dausgaard, one of the world's most renowned conductors, directs the 大象传媒 SSO in what promises to be an intense and moving event. Ives' iconic and atmospheric work displaces the musicians around the cathedral to pose the "ultimate question of existence" whilst Ravel's dazzling orchestration of his earlier piano work conjures up memories of friends lost in battle in WWI. After the interval in this very apt setting, we hear Shostakovich's powerful, dark and haunting reflections on the subject of death. Soprano Joan Rodgers and Baritone Sergei Leiferkus bring the poetry to life in the music.

1 hour, 40 minutes

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Wed 25 Jun 2014 20:20
大象传媒 Radio 3

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