大象传媒

Live from Bridgewater Hall, Manchester

Presented by Adam Tomlinson

Live from Manchester, the 贬补濒濒茅 performs two Russian orchestral masterworks and one of the great violin concertos of the repertoire.

Prokofiev: Cinderella - ballet scenes
Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D minor (op 47)

8.30: Interval music

Mozart: Piano Trio in E Major K542
Daniel Barenboim (piano)
Nikolaj Znaider (violin)
Kyril Zlotnikov (cello)
(CD Recording)

Mussorgsky orch. Ravel: Pictures at an Exhibition

Two masterworks of the Russian symphonic repertoire frame this concert, which opens with the witty and humorous score Sergei Prokofiev completed in 1944 conjuring up magic of the well-known fairy-tale. Magic of a darker and more grotesque sort is never far from the surface of Mussorgsky's famous suite - originally composed for piano, but heard tonight in the well-known orchestration of Maurice Ravel - with its depiction of gnomes, catacombs, a hut with the legs of a fowl, and unhatched chicks dancing in their shells. Completing the programme, Sibelius' only concerto - a piece that has long been recognised as containing some of the most technically-challenging violin writing in the entire repertoire.

Nikolaj Znaider (violin)
贬补濒濒茅
Hannu Lintu (conductor)

Following the concert, '大象传媒 Singers at 90': in the week during which the 大象传媒's professional choir celebrates its 90th anniversary, British composers introduce recordings of their music performed by the 大象传媒 Singers.