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26 Sep 2018, MediaCityUK, Salford
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Â鶹Éç Philharmonic Studio Concerts Dvořák, Mahler & Martinů

Â鶹Éç Philharmonic
Dvořák, Mahler & Martinů
13:55 Wed 26 Sep 2018 Â鶹Éç Philharmonic
Enjoy an afternoon of Dvořák, Mahler and Martinů with bass-baritone Ashley Riches and conductor Jiří Rožeň
Enjoy an afternoon of Dvořák, Mahler and Martinů with bass-baritone Ashley Riches and conductor Jiří Rožeň

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Conductor Jiří Rožeň is joined by British bass-baritone Ashley Riches for a live Â鶹Éç Radio 3 broadcast.

Opening this afternoon is Dvořák’s Serenade for Strings. Bursting with emotion and composed in just two weeks, it remains one of the composer's most popular orchestral works.

Ashley Riches is the soloist for Mahler’s youthful song cycle - Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen (Songs of a Wayfarer). With lyrics written by the composer himself – influenced by a collection of German folk poetry - it tells the story of a grief-stricken lover reflecting on his fate.

Opening with a hallucinatory, otherworldly texture, we also hear Martinů’s sixth (and last) symphony, which took the composer over two years to complete. Commenting on the piece to author MiloÅ¡ Å afránek in 1955, Martinů remarked - “I don't know what, but… I have really expressed something in itâ€