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Ravel, Fazil Say and Rachmaninoff

The London Symphony Orchestra and conductor Antonio Pappano Pappano are joined by the charismatic violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja for a colourful and exciting programme.

The London Symphony Orchestra and conductor Antonio Pappano are joined by the charismatic violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja for a colourful and exciting programme.

Kopatchinskaja is the dazzling soloist in Turkish pianist-composer Faz谋l Say鈥檚 concerto. In a brilliant east-west fusion, including Middle Eastern folk music and Turkish and north African percussion, the violin plays the part of Scheherazade who, on pain of death, must make her tale-telling compelling.

The concert begins with Ravel's dark and sinister La valse, written in the devastating aftermath of WWI, and it ends with Rachmaninoff's Symphonic Dances. It was his final orchestral work, which itself features an uneasy waltz, as well as a pervasive nostalgia and melancholy, and a tense and dramatic finale.

Recorded last October at the Barbican Hall and introduced by Ian Skelly.

Ravel: La valse
Faz谋l Say: Violin Concerto (1001 Nights in the Harem)
Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances

Patricia Kopatchinskaja (violin)
London Symphony Orchestra
Antonio Pappano (conductor)

2 hours, 14 minutes

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Mon 27 May 2024 19:30
麻豆社 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Maurice Ravel

    La Valse

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.

  • Fazil Say

    Violin Concerto (1001 Nights in the Harem)

    Performer: Patricia Kopatchinskaja. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Fantaisie-Tableaux (Suite No.1) Op.5 ; Barcarolle

    Performer: Daniil Trifonov. Performer: Sergei Babayan.
    • Rachmaninoff for Two.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 2.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    3 Symphonic Dances Op.45

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Violin Sonata No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 108: I. Allegro

    Performer: Sergey Khachatryan. Performer: Lusine Khachatryan.
    • Music for Violin and Piano.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Violin Sonata No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 108: II. Adagio

    Performer: Sergey Khachatryan.
    • Music for Violin and Piano.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 2.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Violin Sonata No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 108: III. Un poco presto e con sentimento

    Performer: Sergey Khachatryan. Performer: Lusine Khachatryan.
    • Music for Violin and Piano.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 3.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Violin Sonata No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 108: IV. Presto agitato

    Performer: Lusine Khachatryan. Performer: Sergey Khachatryan.
    • Music for Violin and Piano.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 4.

  • Ernest Chausson

    Po猫me, Op.25

    Performer: Sergey Khachatryan. Performer: Vladimir Khachatryan.
    • Music for Violin and Piano.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 7.

  • Pablo de Sarasate

    Spanish Dances, Op. 23: No. 5 - Playera

    Performer: Sergey Khachatryan. Performer: Vladimir Khachatryan.
    • Live from the 2002 International Violin Competition of Indianapolis.
    • Arabesque Recordings.
    • 2.

Broadcast

  • Mon 27 May 2024 19:30
    麻豆社 Radio 3