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Kirill Gerstein plays Busoni鈥檚 Piano Concerto

The 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sakari Oramo performs Bacewicz's Symphony No. 2 and Busoni's colossus of a Piano Concerto with Kirill Gerstein plus the 大象传媒 Symphony Chorus.

The 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sakari Oramo performs Bacewicz's Symphony No. 2 and Busoni's colossus of a Piano Concerto with Kirill Gerstein plus the 大象传媒 Symphony Chorus.

Gra偶yna Bacewicz: Symphony No. 2

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Ferruccio Busoni: Piano Concerto

Kirill Gerstein (piano)
大象传媒 Symphony Chorus (lower voices)
大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo (conductor)

鈥淛oy and pain interweave in the light of the world鈥housands of years flash by with glory and strength, revealing that which is indestructible鈥�. Extraordinary claims; but then extraordinary is the only word for the heaven-storming choral finale of Ferruccio Busoni鈥檚 colossal Piano Concerto: a masterpiece on the scale of a symphony, composed in 1904 by one of Mahler鈥檚 greatest fans.

Every performance is a major occasion, demanding a pianist with outsize charisma and fingers of steel. Kirill Gerstein has both 鈥� and when he recorded this concerto with Sakari Oramo, Gramophone described the results as 鈥渟ublime鈥�. Oramo and the 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra open with the supercharged Second Symphony by Grazyna Bacewicz: the dazzling, neglected Polish composer whose music he鈥檚 determined to bring into the daylight.

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Music Played

  • Gra偶yna Bacewicz

    Symphony No.2

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen! BWV 51

    Singer: Carolyn Sampson. Orchestra: Bach Collegium Japan. Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki.
    • BIS.

  • Ferruccio Busoni

    Piano Concerto Op.39

    Performer: Kirill Gerstein. Choir: 大象传媒 Symphony Chorus. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.

  • Augusta Holm猫s

    Andromeda

    Orchestra: Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland鈥怭falz. Conductor: Michael Francis.
    • Augusta Holm猫s: Symphonic Poems.
    • CPO.
    • 401.

Broadcast

  • Monday 19:30
    大象传媒 Radio 3