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From the Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Presented by Adam Tomlinson

The Hall茅 with a programme of Bach, Stravinsky and Schumann.

Stravinsky: Chorale Variations on Vom Himmel Hoch
Bach: Magnificat in D, BWV243

8.15: Interval
麻豆社 Young Musician 2016
Clemency Burton-Hill introduces the first of the finalists in this year's brass category.
Trombonist Gemma Riley plays music by:
Cesare and Cast茅r猫de

Schumann: Symphony No.3, 'Rhenish'

Sophie Bevan, soprano
Christopher Ainslie, countertenor
Andrew Staples, tenor
Christopher Purves, bass-baritone
Hall茅 Choir and Orchestra
Ryan Wigglesworth, conductor

In 1956 Stravinsky adapted and orchestrated a set of variations Bach made on his Christmas hymn 'Vom Himmel Hoch'. The result is an ingenious and delightful work, at once both Bach and Stravinsky. The Hall茅 Choir then joins the orchestra for Bach's Magnificat, one of the composer's greatest choral works. After the interval comes the 'Rhenish' Symphony, Schumann's great musical evocation of the beauties of Germany's Rhineland. Each of its five richly contrasted movements portrays various elements of local scenery, history and folklore. Appropriately for this concert, the fourth of these - an evocation of Cologne's magnificent cathedral - pays tribute to Johann Sebastian Bach.