大象传媒

A recently discovered funeral song by Stravinsky opens this all-Russian concert by the 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra and Chief Conductor Sakari Oramo, recorded last month at London's Barbican Hall. Stravinsky wrote it in tribute to his friend and teacher Rimsky-Korsakov and it's a musical depiction of laying a floral tribute on the grave. The newly-appointed leader of the orchestra, Igor Yuzefovich, is the soloist in Shostakovich's First Violin Concerto and the concerts closes with a thrilling performance of Stravinsky's Rite of Spring.
The 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra's Principal Bassoon Julie Price joins Michael Collins in Richard Strauss's Concertino and we've the first of this week's pieces from the International Rostrum of Composers which, since its foundation in 1955, has launched many of the most important composers of the 20th and 21st centuries from Henri Dutilleux and Hans-Werner Henze to Henryk G贸recki and Dobrinka Tabakova. Jenny Hettne is a Swedish composer who places her clearest focus on the exploration of sound and timbre. In her piece Whirli(gigue) she achieves a subtle orchestral sound poetry that channels the world of electroacoustic music.
Presented by Penny Gore.

2pm
Stravinsky: Funeral Song Op. 5
Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No.1
Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring
Igor Yuzefovich (violin)
大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo (conductor)

c.3.30pm
Beethoven: Leonora Overture No. 2 Op. 72a
大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo (conductor)

c.3.45pm
Richard Strauss: Duet Concertino
Michael Collins (clarinet)
Julie Price (bassoon)
Strings of the 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra

c.4.00pm
Jenny Hettne: Whirli(gigue)
Malm枚 Symphony Orchestra
Leif Segerstam (conductor)

c.4.10pm
Szymanowski: Harnasie
Rob Murray (tenor)
大象传媒 Symphony Chorus
大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra
Edward Gardner (conductor)