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±«Óãtv SSO - Liszt, MacMillan, Prokofiev

From City Halls, Glasgow, ±«Óãtv SSO under Carlos Miguel Prieto. Liszt: Hamlet. James MacMillan: The Berserking (with Peter Donohoe: piano). Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet (selection).

Live from City Halls, Glasgow
Presented by Jamie MacDougall

The ±«Óãtv SSO play Liszt's Hamlet, James MacMillan's The Berserking (Piano Concerto No.1) and
Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet.

Liszt: Hamlet: Symphonic Poem
James MacMillan: The Berserking (Piano Concerto No.1)

8.15: Interval

Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet - selection
Peter Donohoe, piano
±«Óãtv Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Carlos Miguel Prieto, conductor

Music on the edge: James MacMillan got the idea for The Berserking at a football match, and channelled an outburst of reckless, explosive fury into what one critic has called the greatest piece of British music since Benjamin Britten. Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet strips the sentimentality from Shakespeare's tragedy in one of the greatest and most moving of all 20th century ballet scores. And as for Hamlet - well, confronted with Shakespeare's great psychological drama, no composer as extrovert as Franz Liszt was ever likely to hold back. Keyboard heavyweight Peter Donohoe unleashes his full virtuoso powers while Carlos Miguel Prieto lavishes all his trademark fire on a concert of dangerous extremes.

2 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Thu 5 Mar 2015 19:30
±«Óãtv Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Part 1

    • Franz Liszt

      Hamlet - symphonic poem

      Orchestra: ±«Óãtv Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Carlos Miguel Prieto.

    • Sir James MacMillan

      Piano Concerto no.1 - The Berserking

      Performer: Peter Donohoe. Orchestra: ±«Óãtv Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Carlos Miguel Prieto.

  • Interval

    • Sergey Prokofiev

      Piano Sonata no.3 in A minor Op.28

      Performer: Peter Donohoe.
      • Prokofiev: Piano Sonatas Vol. 1.
      • Somm.
      • SOMM249.

    • George Gershwin

      George Gershwin's Songbook (selection)

      Performer: Peter Donohoe.
      • Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue & Piano Works.
      • EMI Classics.

  • Part 2

    • Sergey Prokofiev

      Romeo and Juliet - ballet Op.64 (selection)

      Orchestra: ±«Óãtv Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Carlos Miguel Prieto.

  • Post concert

    • Helen Grime

      Clarinet Concerto

      Performer: Lynsey Marsh. Ensemble: Hallé Soloists. Conductor: Jamie Phillips.
      • Helen Grime: Night Songs.
      • NMC Records.
      • NMCD199.

Broadcast

  • Thu 5 Mar 2015 19:30
    ±«Óãtv Radio 3

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