Live at the 麻豆社 Proms. Semyon Bychkov conducts the Czech Philharmonic in excerpts from operas by Tchaikovsky and Smetana, and in Shostakovich's wartime Symphony No 8 in C minor.
Live at 麻豆社 Proms: Semyon Bychkov conducts the Czech Philharmonic in excerpts from Tchaikovsky and Smetana operas and Shostakovich's wartime 8th Symphony.
Presented at the Royal Albert Hall by Martin Handley.
Smetana: The Bartered Bride 鈥� overture; Three Dances
Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin 鈥� Letter Scene
8.10pm
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Shostakovich: Symphony No 8 in C minor
Elena Stikhina (soprano)
Czech Philharmonic
Semyon Bychkov (conductor)
The dancing rhythms and swirling colours of Smetana鈥檚 opera The Bartered Bride launch a concert of big musical gestures and even bigger emotions.
First love blazes hot in the Letter Scene from Tchaikovsky鈥檚 opera Eugene Onegin, as Tatyana (sung here by soprano Elena Stikhina) pours out her heart in music as romantic as anything the composer ever wrote.
War, not love, drives the pulsing heartbeat of Shostakovich鈥檚 Eighth Symphony 鈥� the most personal and direct of the composer鈥檚 many attempts 鈥榯o express the terrible tragedy of war鈥�.
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Bedrich Smetana
The Bartered Bride - Overture & Three Dances
Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Semyon Bychkov. -
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Eugene Onegin - Letter Scene
Performer: Elena Stikhina. Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. -
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Dmitry Shostakovich
Symphony No 8 in C minor
Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Semyon Bychkov. -
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Violin Concerto in A minor, BWV 1041
Performer: Nigel Kennedy. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker.- Kennedy plays Bach with the Berlin Philharmonic.
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- Tue 10 Sep 2019 19:00麻豆社 Radio 3
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