麻豆社

Live from the Bridgewater Hall in Manchester

Presented by Petroc Trelawny

John Storgards conducts the 麻豆社 Philharmonic in Tchaikovsky's Hamlet Overture and Fifth Symphony. They are joined by Katherine Bryan for Nielsen's Flute Concerto.

Tchaikovsky: Hamlet: fantasy overture
Nielsen: Flute Concerto

8.10
Interval
CD Piano music by Nielsen

8.30
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 5

Katherine Bryan (flute)
麻豆社 Philharmonic
John Storgards (conductor)

Katherine Bryan joins the 麻豆社 Philharmonic and their Principal Guest Conductor John Storgards for a performance of Nielsen's endearing and humorous Flute Concerto, a piece written to suit the character of Nielsen's friend and it's dedicatee, Gilbert Jespersen. The programme starts and ends with pieces which Tchaikovsky worked on side by side. His Fantasy Overture on Hamlet portrays the tragedy's characters and we hear them, interwoven with fate, in the music. Fate is never far away in the music of Tchaikovsky but in his Fifth Symphony, which closes the programme, luscious orchestral textures and the world of dance are to the fore.