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Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra: Ortiz, Rachmaninov and Shostakovich

Carlos Miguel Prieto conducts the The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic in Rachmaninov's Third Piano Concerto, Shostakovich's Sixth Symphony and a UK premiere by Gabriela Ortiz.

The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Carlos Miguel Prieto perform music from pre- and post-revolutionary Russia and contemporary Mexico.

Sergey Rachmaninov, one of the world's great pianists, was determined to wow the audiences on his first American tour in 1909 and he made sure his Third Piano Concerto played to all his considerable pianistic strengths. Over a century later, it's still regarded as one of the most virtuosic and technically demanding concertos in the repertoire. Boris Giltburg, one of today's leading pianists, takes it on tonight.

A product of mid-century USSR, Shostakovich's Sixth Symphony is an ambiguous work whose journey begins with a stark, gloomy, long slow movement and ends with a trip to the circus.

The concert begins with a UK premiere from conductor Carlos Miguel Prieto's native Mexico: the Suite from Hominem by Gabriela Ortiz, one of her country's leading composers with a rising international reputation.

Recorded last week at Liverpool Philharmonic Hall and presented by Tom Redmond as part of Breaking Free: A Century of Russian Culture - Radio 3's season of programmes marking the centenary of the Russian Revolution,

Gabriela Ortiz: Suite from Hominum (UK premiere)
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op.30

8.50pm Interval music (from CD)
Robert Schumann: Papillons, Op.2
Boris Giltburg (piano)

9.10pm
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op.53

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Boris Giltburg (piano)
Carlos Miguel Prieto (conductor).

2 hours, 30 minutes

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Tue 7 Nov 2017 19:30
大象传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Gabriela Ortiz

    Hominum - suite for orchestra

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Carlos Miguel Prieto.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Concerto no. 3 in D minor Op.30 for piano and orchestra

    Performer: Boris Giltburg. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Carlos Miguel Prieto.

  • Robert Schumann

    Papillons Op.2 for piano

    Performer: Boris Giltburg.
    • Naxos.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Symphony no. 6 in B minor Op.54

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Carlos Miguel Prieto.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    10 Preludes Op.23 for piano: no.5 in G minor

    Music Arranger: Lucien Cailliet. Orchestra: Vancouver Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sergiu Comissiona.
    • Rachmaninoff.
    • CBC.
    • 001.

Broadcast

  • Tue 7 Nov 2017 19:30
    大象传媒 Radio 3