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Breaking Free: A Century of Russian Culture

Penny Gore presents a concert given by the 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra under conductor Martyn Brabbins, including Tchaikovsky's The Tempest and his Sixth Symphony.

Penny Gore presents a concert given by the 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra under conductor Martyn Brabbins, including Tchaikovsky's The Tempest and his Symphony No. 6; in between them, we hear Elgar's Sea Pictures with the mezzo-soprano Karen Cargill as soloist. This concert is followed by Shostakovich's Symphony No. 7, the 'Leningrad', performed by the 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Semyon Bychkov, all part of Afternoon Concert's participation in Radio 3's season Breaking Free: A Century of Russian Culture, which continues next week.

2.00pm
Tchaikovsky: The Tempest [Burya] - symphonic fantasia, Op 18
Elgar: Sea pictures, Op 37
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 in B minor (Path茅tique), Op 74
Karen Cargill (mezzo-soprano)
大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Martyn Brabbins (conductor)

3.35pm
Shostakovich: Symphony No 7 in C major (Leningrad), Op 60
大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra
Semyon Bychkov (conductor).

3 hours

Music Played

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Tempest [Burya] - symphonic fantasia Op.18

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
  • Edward Elgar

    Sea pictures Op.37

    Singer: Karen Cargill. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Symphony no. 6 in B minor Op.74 (Pathetique)

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Symphony no. 7 in C major Op.60 (Leningrad)

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Semyon Bychkov.

Credits

Role Contributor
Performer 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Performer 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra

Broadcast

  • Fri 10 Nov 2017 14:00