大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra: Yiu, Shostakovich and Saariaho
The 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra performs Raymond Yiu's The London Citizen Exceedingly Injured, Shostakovich's Symphony No 1 and Kaija Saariaho's Graal theatre, based on the book by Jacques Roubaud.
Raymond Yiu's musical love letter to London opens this afternoon's concert in which the Hong Kong-born young composer quotes Elgar's Cockaigne Overture and skilfully blends popular style with symphonic scope. Martin Owen becomes the third 大象传媒 SO section principal to step into the spotlight this week, joining tenor Anthony Gregory in Britten鈥檚 nocturnal song-cycle, and former 大象传媒 SO Principal Guest Conductor David Robertson continues this season鈥檚 series of Shostakovich symphonies with the First. Written while the composer was still a student, its precocious brilliance is tempered by a sense of darkness and foreboding.
This week's Our Classical Century piece is Graal th茅芒tre (Grail Theatre) by the celebrated Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho which, writes the composer, "expresses the tension between the efforts of the composer when writing music and the theatrical aspect of performance". It's dedicated to the soloist in this performance, Gidon Kremer.
Presented by Penny Gore.
2pm
Raymond Yiu: The London Citizen Exceedingly Injured
Britten: Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 1
Anthony Gregory (tenor)
Martin Owen (horn)
大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra
David Robertson (conductor)
Recorded in May at the Barbican Hall, London
c.3.15pm
Our Classical Century
Kaija Saariaho: Graal th茅芒tre - concerto for violin and orchestra
Gidon Kremer (violin)
大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen
c.3.45pm
Brahms: Symphony No. 3
大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo (conductor)
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Raymond Yiu
The London citizen exceedingly injured for orchestra
Orchestra: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: David Robertson. -
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Benjamin Britten
Serenade Op.31 for tenor, horn and string orchestra
Performer: Martin Owen. Singer: Anthony Gregory. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: David Robertson. -
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Dmitry Shostakovich
Symphony no. 1 in F minor Op.10
Orchestra: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: David Robertson. -
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Kaija Saariaho
Graal theatre - Concerto for Violin and Orchestra
Performer: Gidon Kremer. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Esa鈥怭ekka Salonen.- Ch芒teau de l'芒me.
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Johannes Brahms
Symphony no. 3 in F major Op.90
Orchestra: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
Broadcast
- Fri 28 Jun 2019 14:00大象传媒 Radio 3