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大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra - Schreker, Nicola Lefanu and Rachmaninov

Live from the Barbican, Ilan Volkov conducts the 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Schreker: Nachtstuck (Der ferne Klang). Nicola Lefanu: The Crimson Bird. Rachmaninov: Symphony No 3.

Live from the Barbican. The 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra, conductor Ilan Volkov, in Rachmaninov & Schrecker. Soprano Rachel Nicholls joins to premiere Nicola Lefanu's The Crimson Bird.

Presented by Martin Handley

Franz Schreker: Nachtst眉ck - Interlude from Der ferne Klang (Act III)
Nicola Lefanu: The Crimson Bird (World Premiere)

8.00 pm Interval

8.20 pm
Rachmaninov: Symphony No.3

Rachel Nicholls (soprano)
大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra
Ilan Volkov (conductor)

Rachmaninov's final symphony concludes a concert that includes Franz Schreker's interlude from his opera Der ferne Klang (The Distant Sound) and a brand new work, The Crimson Bird, by Nicola LeFanu.

Nicola LeFanu unveils her new Royal Philharmonic Society commission, a work for soprano and orchestra, with Ilan Volkov, a passionate champion of the new, on the podium. It is a setting of four specially written poems by John Fuller linked to Euripides' play the Trojan Women.

A child of fin-de-si猫cle Vienna, opera composer Schreker's ravishingly beautiful Nachtst眉ck forms the lush opener. Rachmaninov's last symphony, though written in America, far from the composer's homeland, is deeply entrenched in his Russian heritage. Dark, brooding sonorities give way to a triumphant, celebratory conclusion.

2 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Fri 17 Feb 2017 19:30
大象传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Part 1

    • Franz Schreker

      Nachtstucke

      Orchestra: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ilan Volkov.

    • Nicola LeFanu

      The Crimson Bird

      Singer: Rachel Nicholls. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ilan Volkov.

  • Interval

    • Elizabeth Maconchy

      Clarinet Quintet (1963)

      Performer: Thea King. Ensemble: Britten String Quartet.
      • Hyperion.

    • Elizabeth Maconchy

      Nocturnal - Movements 2 and 3

      Choir: 大象传媒 Singers. Conductor: Odaline de la Martinez.
      • Hyperion.

  • Part 2

    • Sergey Rachmaninov

      Symphony no. 3 in A minor Op.44

      Orchestra: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ilan Volkov.

  • Post-concert

    • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Piano Sonata in B flat, K281

      Performer: Alfred Brendel.
      • Philips.

    • Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni

      Concerto a 5 in F major Op.9`3

      Performer: Anthony Robson. Performer: Catherine Latham. Orchestra: Collegium Musicum 90. Director: Simon Standage.
      • Chaconne.

Credit

Performer 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra

Broadcast

  • Fri 17 Feb 2017 19:30
    大象传媒 Radio 3