Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London, Osmo Vanska conducts the 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra in Gorecki's Symphony No 3 (Symphony of Sorrowful Songs), featuring soprano Ruby Hughes.
Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Presented by Suzy Klein
The 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra & Osmo V盲nsk盲 live at the 麻豆社 Proms. Gorecki's famous 3rd Symphony, Vaughan Williams' Four Last Songs, & Tchaikovsky's great and final 6th Symphony.
A series of farewells as Osmo V盲nsk盲 conducts the 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra in a programme concluding the season's focus on Polish music and premiering Anthony Payne's orchestration of Vaughan Williams's Four Last Songs. 麻豆社 Radio 3 New Generation Artists Ruby Hughes and Jennifer Johnston are the soloists, Hughes singing the three Polish texts of Henryk G贸recki's 'Symphony of Sorrowful Songs', Johnston singing Procris, Menelaus, Tired and Hands, Eyes and Heart in the Vaughan Williams. Tchaikovsky's 'Path茅tique' is the penultimate instalment of this summer's cycle of his symphonies.
G贸recki: Symphony No. 3, 'Symphony of Sorrowful Songs'
8.30pm Interval
8.50pm Vaughan Williams Orch. A. Payne: Four Last Songs (麻豆社 commission: world premiere)
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 in B minor, 'Path茅tique'
Ruby Hughes (soprano)
Jennifer Johnston (mezzo-soprano)
麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra
Osmo V盲nsk盲 (conductor).
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Henryk Miko艂aj G贸recki
Symphony No 3 "Symphony of Sorrowful Songs"
Orchestra: 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra.
Broadcast
- Wed 4 Sep 2013 19:30麻豆社 Radio 3
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