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±«Óãtv Symphony Orchestra play Shostakovich plus chamber music from the East Neuk Festival

Tom McKinney with a chamber performance from Scotland plus the ±«Óãtv Symphony Orchestra with Shostakovich 5 from the Proms.

Today’s Classical Live includes another chance to hear last Monday night’s Prom featuring violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja, the ±«Óãtv Symphony Orchestra conducted by Tarmo Peltokoski. After soothing Vaughan Williams and stimulating Schoenberg, we hear Shostakovich’s symphonic bid to save his own life in the face of Stalin’s wrath. The composer’s Symphony No. 5 is his most enduring of all, a spiritual battle in which he disguises protest as praise, creating his most bracing and powerful music in the process.

To start today’s Classical Live, exclusive recordings from the recent East Neuk Festival and from the Edinburgh International Festival.

From the East Neuk Festival:

Akio Yashiro
Sonate pour piano
Hisako Kanamura (piano)

From the Edinburgh International Festival chamber series:

Franz Schubert
String Quartet No. 15 in G major D.887
Takacs Quartet

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From The ±«Óãtv Proms:

Vaughan Williams
Fantasia on ‘Greensleeves’
±«Óãtv Symphony Orchestra
Tarmo Peltokoski (conductor)

Arnold Schoenberg
Violin Concerto
Patricia Kopatchinskaja (violin)
±«Óãtv Symphony Orchestra
Tarmo Peltokoski (conductor)

Dmitri Shostakovich
Symphony No. 5 in D minor
±«Óãtv Symphony Orchestra
Tarmo Peltokoski (conductor)

9 days left to listen

2 hours, 58 minutes

Music Played

  • Akio Yashiro

    Sonata for piano

    Performer: Hisako Kawamura.
  • Franz Schubert

    String Quartet in G Major, D.887

    Ensemble: Takács Quartet.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Fantasia On Greensleeves

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Symphony No. 5 in D minor

    Orchestra: ±«Óãtv Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Tarmo Peltokoski.
  • Camille Saintâ€Saëns

    Piano Concerto No.5 "Egyptian" (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
    • Hyperion.

Broadcast

  • Fri 13 Sep 2024 13:00