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Russian romance and Icelandic elements

麻豆社 Proms 2022

Live from 麻豆社 Proms 8: 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra & 麻豆社 Singers conducted by Dalia Stasevska. Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov with pianist Denis Kozhukhin, and a new work by Gu冒nad贸ttir.

Live from 麻豆社 Proms 8: 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra & 麻豆社 Singers conducted by Dalia Stasevska. Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov with pianist Denis Kozhukhin, and a new work by Hildur Gu冒nad贸ttir.

Presented by Sarah Walker live from the Royal Albert Hall, London.

J贸hann J贸hannsson :The Miners鈥� Hymns 鈥� They Being Dead Yet Speaketh
Sergey Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op.18

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Interval:
The film Brief Encounter features in the top ten romantic films of yesteryear list compiled by the Reader鈥檚 Digest Magazine. That publication is celebrating its centenary this year. In the first of a series of Interval features looking back at cultural milestones in 1922 鈥� the year the 麻豆社 was founded 鈥� Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough finds out about the history of the Reader鈥檚 Digest.

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Hildur Gu冒nad贸ttir: The Fact of the Matter (麻豆社 commission: world premiere)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Fantasy-Overture 鈥楻omeo and Juliet鈥�

Denis Kozhukhin (piano)
麻豆社 Singers
麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra
Dalia Stasevska (conductor)

A piano sounds quietly in the silence; an old song, long buried, heaves itself upwards to echo and resound anew. At first, J贸hann J贸hannsson鈥檚 atmospheric reworkings of Durham miners鈥� songs might not sound as if they have much to do with Rachmaninov鈥檚 popular Piano Concerto No.2. But in the hands of 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra Principal Guest Conductor Dalia Stasevska and pianist Denis Kozhukhin, they become part of a deeper, darker picture: an unfolding soundscape that embraces both the soaring romantic tragedy of Tchaikovsky鈥檚 Romeo and Juliet and the elemental sonorities of Icelandic composer Hildur Gu冒nad贸ttir 鈥� the extraordinary, Academy Award-winning musical imagination behind Joker and Chernobyl.

2 hours, 29 minutes

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Wed 20 Jul 2022 19:30
麻豆社 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • J贸hann J贸hannsson

    The Miners' Hymns - They Being Dead Yet Speaketh

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Dalia Stasevska.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Piano Concerto No.2 in C Minor

    Performer: Denis Kozhukhin. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Dalia Stasevska.

  • Pyotr Tchaikovsky

    Children's Album Op.39 No.4

    Performer: Denis Kozhukhin.

  • Hildur Gu冒nad贸ttir

    The Fact of the Matter (World Premiere)

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra. Ensemble: 麻豆社 Singers. Conductor: Dalia Stasevska.

  • Pyotr Tchaikovsky

    Fantasy Overture - Romeo and Juliet

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Dalia Stasevska.

  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Impromptu, Op 86

    Performer: Catrin Finch.
    • Carnival de Venise.
    • SAIN.
    • 7.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Goldberg Variations (Aria and Variation I)

    Music Arranger: Catrin Finch. Performer: Catrin Finch.
    • Bach, J S: Goldberg Variations, BWV988.
    • DG.

  • Sally Beamish

    St Catharine's Service: i. Magnificat

    Choir: Choirs of St Catharine's College, Cambridge. Conductor: Edward Wickham.
    • Gaudent In Coelis.
    • RESONUS.
    • 17.

  • Sally Beamish

    St Catharine's Service: ii. Nunc Dimittis

    Choir: Choirs of St Catharine's College, Cambridge. Conductor: Edward Wickham.
    • Gaudent In Coelis.
    • RESONUS.
    • 18.

Broadcast

  • Wed 20 Jul 2022 19:30
    麻豆社 Radio 3