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大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra: Tippett Symphony Cycle

The 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra and Martyn Brabbins perform Mozart's Horn Concerto No 4, Stravinsky's Petrushka, and an early work by Michael Tippett receives a rare outing.

The 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra and Martyn Brabbins perform Mozart's Horn Concerto No 4, Stravinsky's Petrushka, and an early work by Michael Tippett receives a very rare outing.

Live from City Halls Glasgow
Presented by Andrew McGregor

Tippett: Symphony in B flat
Mozart: Horn Concerto No 4 in E flat, K495
Mozart: Concert-Rondo, K371

8.20 Interval

8.40
Stravinsky: Petrushka: ballet (1947)

Alberto Men茅ndez Escribano, horn
大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Martyn Brabbins, conductor

At the very outset of his career Michael Tippett withdrew his first substantial work, a Symphony in B flat. Tonight we have a rare chance to consider its merits as it is performed for the first time since the 1930s.

Tippett's music was always characterised by the conjunction between the classical and the modern: Martyn Brabbins and the 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra continue with examples of both. Their principal horn, Alberto Men茅ndez Escribano, steps forward to perform the fourth of Mozart's exemplary horn concertos; and Stravinsky's ballet Petrushka, with its riot of dazzling colours, closes the evening.

2 hours, 30 minutes

Music Played

  • Michael Tippett

    Symphony in B flat

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Horn Concerto No.4 K.495

    Performer: Alberto Men茅ndez Escribano. Performer: 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Concert-Rondo K.371

    Performer: Alberto Men茅ndez Escribano. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
  • Michael Tippett

    Fanfare for Brass

    Ensemble: Philip Jones Brass Ensemble.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    Suite Italienne

    Performer: Truls M酶rk. Performer: Lars Vogt.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    Petrushka

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Mass in G minor

    Choir: Choir of Clare College, Cambridge. Singer: Harriet Colley. Singer: Jessica Wallington. Singer: Nicholas Morrell. Singer: Stefan Berkieta. Conductor: Timothy Brown.
    • Vaughan Williams: Sacred Choral Music.
    • Naxos.
    • 3.
  • Claude Debussy

    Canope (Preludes, Book 2)

    Performer: Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli.
    • Debussy: Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 10.

Credit

Role Contributor
Performer 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra

Broadcast

  • Thu 1 Feb 2018 19:30

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