Russian Heart, Soviet Steel
Dalia Stasevska conducts the ´óÏó´«Ã½ SO in Mosolov and Rachmaninov. Pianist Marie-Ange Nguci and trumpeter Philip Cobb are the soloists in Shostakovich’s First Piano Concerto.
From the unsettling vantage point of the 1920s and 30s three Russian composers reflect on their homeland. Dmitri Shostakovich’s outlandish Piano Concerto No.1 is performed by young Albanian Marie-Ange Nguci, with its standout part for trumpet, played by the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra’s Principal Trumpet Philip Cobb. Rachmaninov, who had fled the Soviet Union to America, in his final Symphony No.3 pines in broad melodies, and astonishing orchestral sounds, for pre-Soviet Russia. The shock of the new begins it all with the heat of Soviet futurism in Alexander Mosolov’s The Iron Foundry, a punch of a piece in which the whole orchestra literally imitates the sounds of a factory floor.
During the interval of this live broadcast from the Barbican Hall, the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Symphony Chorus with Chorus Director Neil Ferris perform Russian and Russian-inspired works live from the Maida Vale Studios.
Presented by Hannah French
Alexander Mosolov: The Iron Foundry (1927)
Dmitri Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No. 1 (1933)
8.05pm Interval live from Maida Vale Studio 1.
Rachmaninov: Priiditye, poklonimsia
Rachmaninov: Bogoroditse Dyevo
Cheryl Frances-Hoad: Bogoroditse Dyevo
Galina Grigorjeva: In Paradisum
Schnittke: Three Sacred Hymns
´óÏó´«Ã½ Symphony Chorus
Neil Ferris (conductor)
8.25pm
Sergei Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 3 (1935-36)
Marie-Ange Nguci (piano)
Philip Cobb (trumpet)
´óÏó´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra
Dalia Stasevska (conductor)
Photo (c) Jarmo Katila
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Alexander Mosolov
The Iron Foundry (1927)
Orchestra: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Dalia Stasevska. -
Dmitry Shostakovich
Piano Concerto No. 1 (1933)
Performer: Philip Cobb. Performer: Marie-Ange Nguci. Orchestra: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Dalia Stasevska. -
Sergey Rachmaninov
O Come Let us Worship from the Vespers
Ensemble: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Symphony Chorus. Conductor: Neil Ferris. -
Sergey Rachmaninov
Bogoroditse Dyevo (from the Vespers)
Ensemble: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Symphony Chorus. Conductor: Neil Ferris. -
Cheryl Frances-Hoad
Bogoroditse Dyevo
Ensemble: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Symphony Chorus. Conductor: Neil Ferris. -
Sergey Rachmaninov
Come let us Worship
Ensemble: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Symphony Chorus. Conductor: Neil Ferris. -
Sergey Rachmaninov
Bogoroditsye Dyevo
Ensemble: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Symphony Chorus. Conductor: Neil Ferris. -
Sergey Rachmaninov
Symphony No. 3 (1935-36)
Orchestra: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Dalia Stasevska. -
Franz Liszt
Fantasy on Themes from Mozart's Figaro and Don Giovanni, S. 697
Performer: Chiyan Wong.- Liszt Transfigured – Operatic Fantasies for Piano.
- LINN Records.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
La Clemenza di Tito - arr. for wind ensemble
Performer: Bläser der Berliner Philharmoniker. Music Arranger: Joseph Triebensee.- Orfeo.
Broadcast
- Fri 4 Feb 2022 19:30´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 3