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成人论坛 Symphony Orchestra play Shostakovich plus chamber music from the East Neuk Festival

Tom McKinney with a chamber performance from Scotland plus the 成人论坛 Symphony Orchestra with Shostakovich 5 from the Proms.

Today鈥檚 Classical Live includes another chance to hear last Monday night鈥檚 Prom featuring violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja, the 成人论坛 Symphony Orchestra conducted by Tarmo Peltokoski. After soothing Vaughan Williams and stimulating Schoenberg, we hear Shostakovich鈥檚 symphonic bid to save his own life in the face of Stalin鈥檚 wrath. The composer鈥檚 Symphony No. 5 is his most enduring of all, a spiritual battle in which he disguises protest as praise, creating his most bracing and powerful music in the process.

To start today鈥檚 Classical Live, exclusive recordings from the recent East Neuk Festival and from the Edinburgh International Festival.

From the East Neuk Festival:

Akio Yashiro
Sonate pour piano
Hisako Kanamura (piano)

From the Edinburgh International Festival chamber series:

Franz Schubert
String Quartet No. 15 in G major D.887
Takacs Quartet

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From The 成人论坛 Proms:

Vaughan Williams
Fantasia on 鈥楪reensleeves鈥
成人论坛 Symphony Orchestra
Tarmo Peltokoski (conductor)

Arnold Schoenberg
Violin Concerto
Patricia Kopatchinskaja (violin)
成人论坛 Symphony Orchestra
Tarmo Peltokoski (conductor)

Dmitri Shostakovich
Symphony No. 5 in D minor
成人论坛 Symphony Orchestra
Tarmo Peltokoski (conductor)

2 hours, 58 minutes

Music Played

  • Akio Yashiro

    Sonata for piano

    Performer: Hisako Kawamura.
  • Franz Schubert

    String Quartet in G Major, D.887

    Ensemble: Tak谩cs Quartet.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Fantasia On Greensleeves

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Symphony No. 5 in D minor

    Orchestra: 成人论坛 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Tarmo Peltokoski.
  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Piano Concerto No.5 "Egyptian" (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
    • Hyperion.

Broadcast

  • Fri 13 Sep 2024 13:00