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John Storgards conducts

The 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra performs Shostakovich's Fifth Symphony, plus Mussorgsky's Songs and Dances of Death, with baritone Kostas Smoriginas, and Gubaidulina鈥檚 Fairytale Poem.

The 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra performs Dmitry Shostakovich's Fifth Symphony, plus Modest Mussorgsky鈥檚 seminal鈥疭ongs and Dances of Death, sung by the Lithuanian baritone Kostas Smorginas. This visionary and dramatic song cycle charts a journey from youth to death, itself given a whole new dimension by Shostakovich鈥檚 evocative orchestration. To start, we hear a fantastical work from a visionary composer, Sofia Gubaidulina.

Live from the Barbican, London
Presented by Hannah French

Sofia Gubaidulina: Fairytale Poem
Modest Mussorgsky: Songs and Dances of Death (orch. Dmitry Shostakovich)

20:05
Interval

20.25
Dmitry Shostakovich: Symphony No 5 in D minor

Kostas Smoriginas (baritone)
大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra
John Storgards (conductor)

2 hours, 28 minutes

Last on

Thu 24 Mar 2022 19:30
大象传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Sofia Gubaidulina

    Fairytale Poem

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: John Storg氓rds.

  • Modest Mussorgsky

    Songs and Dances of Death

    Performer: Kostas Smoriginas. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: John Storg氓rds.

  • Jan Dismas Zelenka

    Trio Sonata No. 5 in F major

    Ensemble: Ensemble Zefiro.
    • ASTREE.

  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    6 Polonoise (TWV 55:a4)

    Ensemble: Holland Baroque Society.
    • PENTATONE.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Symphony No.5 in D Minor Op.47

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: John Storg氓rds.

  • Valentin Silvestrov

    Hymn - 2001

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchesta. Conductor: John Storg氓rds.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Violin Concerto in E minor, RV.277 'Il favorito'

    Performer: Viktoria Mullova. Orchestra: Il Giardino Armonico. Conductor: Giovanni Antonini.
    • Onyx.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Keyboard Concerto no.5 in F minor, BWV.1056

    Performer: Angela Hewitt. Orchestra: Australian Chamber Orchestra. Director: Richard Tognetti.
    • J.S. Bach: The Keyboard Concertos 2: Hewitt/Australian Chamber Orchestra.
    • Hyperion.
    • 10-12.

Broadcast

  • Thu 24 Mar 2022 19:30
    大象传媒 Radio 3

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