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Shostakovich's Fifth Symphony

Alpesh Chauhan conducts the 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra in a performance of Shostakovich's Fifth Symphony. Plus, music by Wagner, Coleridge-Taylor, Mussorgsky and Howells.

Alpesh Chauhan conducts the 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra in a performance of Shostakovich's Fifth Symphony.

Presented by Ian Skelly

Shostakovich's penance for offending Stalin is the 3pm centrepiece of today's programme, with the week's final Wagnerian visit to Budapest and inspiring choral music from Herbert Howells, George Walker and Bach

2.00pm
Wagner
Prelude to 'Die Meistersinger von N眉rnberg'
Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra
Adam Fischer, conductor

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
24 Folk Melodies: Deep River
Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano

Mussorgsky
Night on a Bare Mountain
大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Donald Runnicles, conductor

Howells
Te Deum
Winchester Cathedral Choir
Andrew Lumsden, conductor
Simon Bell, organ

3.00
Shostakovich
Symphony no.5
大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Alpesh Chauhan, conductor

George Walker
O Lord God of Hosts
大象传媒 Singers
Caroline Jaya-Ratnam, piano
Grace Rossiter, conductor

Bach
Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied, BWV 225
St Thomas' Choir, Leipzig
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Andreas Reize, conductor

3 hours, 1 minute

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Thu 12 Oct 2023 14:00
大象传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Richard Wagner

    Prelude to 'Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg'

    Orchestra: Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: 8 Bit.

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Deep river (24 Folk melodies Op.59)

    Performer: Isata Kanneh鈥怣ason.
    • Summertime.
    • Decca.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Symphony No.5

    Performer: 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Alpesh Chauhan.

  • Modest Mussorgsky

    Night on Bare Mountain

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Donald Runnicles.

  • Herbert Howells

    Te Deum

    Performer: Simon Bell. Choir: Winchester Cathedral Choir. Conductor: Andrew Lumsden.
    • Howells: The Winchester Service and other late works.
    • Hyperion.
    • 7.

  • Leonard Bernstein

    Prelude, Fugue and Riffs for clarinet and jazz orchestra

    Performer: Michael Collins. Performer: Peter Donohoe. Orchestra: London Sinfonietta. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • The Jazz Album: London Sinfonietta/Rattle.
    • EMI.
    • 5.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Violin Concerto in G Op.3`3

    Performer: Rachel Podger. Ensemble: Brecon Baroque.
    • CHANNEL CLASSICS.

  • George Walker

    O Lord God of Hosts

    Performer: Caroline Jaya-Ratnam. Choir: 大象传媒 Singers. Conductor: Grace Rossiter.

  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony no.8: Finale "Alles Verg盲ngliche"

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Decca.

  • Johann Nepomuk Hummel

    Trumpet Concerto

    Performer: Simon H枚fele. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Duncan Ward.
    • Standards.
    • Berlin Classics.
    • 1-3.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied, Cantata no.190

    Singer: Daniel Taylor. Singer: James Gilchrist. Singer: Peter Harvey. Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • SOLI DEO GLORIA.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Cello Sonata no.2 in D major Op.58 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Steven Isserlis. Performer: Melvyn Tan.
    • Mendelssohn: Works for Cello and Piano: Isserlis/Tan.
    • RCA Red Seal.
    • 15.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No.104 in D "London" (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt.
    • Harnoncourt conducts Haydn.
    • Warner Classics International.
    • 21.

Broadcast

  • Thu 12 Oct 2023 14:00
    大象传媒 Radio 3