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Prom 26 (part 2): Shostakovich and Berio

大象传媒 Proms 2014, Prom 26
Episode 2 of 2

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London, the conclusion of the European Union Youth Orchestra's Prom under Vasily Petrenko. With Shostakovich's Symphony No 4 in C minor, Op 43.

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London

Presented by Tom Service

European Union Youth Orchestra and Vasily Petrenko live at the 大象传媒 Proms play Berio's witty Sinfonia, contrasted after the interval with with Shostakovich's Fourth Symphony

Berio: Sinfonia

8.00pm Interval

8.20pm
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 4 in C minor, Op. 43

London Voices
European Union Youth Orchestra
Vasily Petrenko (conductor)

A contemporary classic opens this concert from the European Union Youth Orchestra and Vasily Petrenko . Berio's Sinfonia is a witty, whistle-stop tour through centuries of Western culture - a high-water mark of 1960s experimentalism, with musical references extending from Bach and Brahms to Boulez and The Beatles. The orchestra and eight amplified soloists muse their way through an intricate and joyous web of quotations that frustrate interpretation even as they invite it.

Shostakovich's embattled Fourth Symphony asks the same questions as Berio, trying to reconcile the same conflicts and contradictions and finding only Babel and madness in one of the composer's most confrontational works.

This Prom will be repeated on Monday 11th August at 2pm.

1 hour, 55 minutes

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Tue 5 Aug 2014 20:20
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Music Played

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Symphony No. 4 in C minor, Op 43 : Allegretto, poco Moderato - Presto - Tempo 1

    Conductor: Vasily Petrenko. Performer: European Union Youth Orchestra.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Symphony No. 4 in C minor, Op 43 : Moderato, Con Moto

    Conductor: Vasily Petrenko. Performer: European Union Youth Orchestra.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Symphony No. 4 in C minor, Op 43 : Largo - Allegro

    Conductor: Vasily Petrenko. Performer: European Union Youth Orchestra.

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  • Tue 5 Aug 2014 20:20
    大象传媒 Radio 3

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