大象传媒

Live from the Barbican Hall
Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch

The 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra goes to Hollywood: Kirill Gerstein joins for Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue and Schoenberg's Piano Concerto. And there's Bartok's The Miraculous Mandarin. The American James Gaffigan conducts.

The concert begins with Bernard Herrmann's Suite of his memorable music for the film Psycho - scored just for strings.

Gershwin and Schoenberg became neighbours in Los Angeles in 1936: Kirill Gerstein, known for his dazzling virtuosity and interest in jazz improvisation, plays works by both of them.

And Bartok's glittering ballet The Miraculous Mandarin tells the tale of the mysterious Mandarin and his fatal attraction to a young woman.

Herrmann: Suite from Psycho
Schoenberg: Piano Concerto Op.42

8.15 Interval:
Interval: Choral music by Bartok and Kodaly, performed by the 大象传媒 Singers.
In Kodaly's Matrai kepel the outlaw Vidr贸czki's disguise as a swineherd fails to save him from a violent death. In the first of Bartok's four Slovak songs a daughter's protests at being exiled to another country by her mother in order to marry a less than savoury character.

Kodaly: Matrai kepek (Matra picture)
大象传媒 Singers / Bob Chilcott (conductor)

Bartok: Four Slovak Folk Songs, Sz. 70
大象传媒 Singers / Stephen Cleobury (conductor)

8.35
Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
Bartok: The Miraculous Mandarin (complete ballet)

Kirill Gerstein (piano)
大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra
James Gaffigan (conductor).