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Winter Warmers: Humperdinck, Tchaikovsky and Dvorak

The BBC Philharmonic with conductor Holly Mathieson in feel-good music with luscious melody. Humperdinck, Tchaikovsky and Dvorak's Eighth Symphony.

From King George's Hall, Blackburn
Presented by Tom McKinney

The BBC Philharmonic is conducted by Holly Mathieson in feel-good music with luscious melody; Humperdinck, Dvorak's Eighth Symphony and Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto.

Humperdinck: Hansel and Gretel: Prelude to Act I
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto

8.10 Music Interval (CD)
Grieg: Sonata for violin and piano No.1
Aleksey Semenenko (violin)
Inna Firsova (piano)

Dvorak: Symphony No.8

Holly Mathieson and the BBC Philharmonic journey to King George's Hall in Blackburn for a concert of winter-warmers. Dvorak's life-affirming and melodious Eighth Symphony ends the concert. Remarkable violinist, Aleksey Semenenko, a recent graduate of BBC Radio 3's New Generation Artist scheme joins the orchestra for Tchaikovsky's passionate and evergreen Violin Concerto. One of the most evocative tunes in the repertoire opens our concert; the Overture to Humperdinck's Hansel and Gretel which draws on the children's evening hymn from the opera's second act.

2 hours, 28 minutes

Last on

Mon 20 Jan 2020 19:30
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Engelbert Humperdinck

    Hansel and Gretel, Prelude to Act One

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Holly Mathieson.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Violin Concerto in D Op.35

    Performer: Aleksey Semenenko. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Holly Mathieson.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Violin Sonata No.1 in F Op.8

    Performer: Aleksey Semenenko. Performer: Inna Firsova.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Symphony No. 8 in G, Op.88

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Holly Mathieson.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    String Quintet in C major, K 515

    Performer: Philip Dukes. Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.
    • Mozart: String Quintets; Nash Ensemble, Philip Dukes.
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Broadcast

  • Mon 20 Jan 2020 19:30
    BBC Radio 3

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