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Thursday - Shostakovich Symphony No 6

Ian Skelly with a selection of performances for the afternoon, including music by Shostakovich and Wagner, and improvisations and a choice of music from pianist Gabriela Montero.

Ian Skelly introduces a selection of performances for the afternoon, including a new recording of Shostakovich's Symphony No 6 from the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Wagner from the BBC Philharmonic, and improvisations and a choice of music from pianist Gabriela Montero.

Including:

Gabriela Montero: Improvisation on “Loreley”
Gabriela Montero, piano

Cecile Chaminade: Concertino for flute
Catriona Ryan, flute
National Symphony Orchestra
Nil Venditti, conductor

WA Mozart: String Quartet K458 ‘The Hunt’
Arod Quartet

Gabriela Montero: Improvisation on “Somewhere Over The Rainbow”
Gabriela Montero, piano

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Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No 6
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Steven Lloyd-Gonzalez, conductor

Gabriela Montero: Improvisation on “Der Mond ist aufgegangen”
Gabriela Montero, piano

Guest Artists Choice: Gabriela Montero

Sergei Prokofiev: Sonata No 2 in D minor Op14
Gabriela Montero, piano

Johann Sebastian Bach: “Wie zittern und wanken” from ‘Herr, gehe nicht ins Gericht mit deinem Knecht’ BWV 105
Sofia Niklasson (soprano)
Göteborg Baroque/Magnus Kjellson

Richard Wagner: Overture ‘Tannhauser’
BBC Philharmonic
Vassily Sinaisky, conductor

3 hours, 1 minute

Music Played

  • Gabriela Montero

    Improvisation on 'Loreley'

    Performer: Gabriela Montero.
  • Cécile Chaminade

    Concertino for Flute and Orchestra, op. 107

    Performer: Catriona Ryan. Orchestra: National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Nil Venditti.
  • Johann Ludwig Bach

    Weichet, weichet, Furcht und Schrecken, from 'Denn du wirst meine Seele nicht in der Hölle lassen, BWV 15'

    Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach. Singer: Sofia Niklasson. Singer: Amanda Flodin. Ensemble: Goteborg Baroque. Conductor: Magnus Kjellson.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Quartet in B flat major, K 458, 'Hunt'

    Ensemble: Quatuor Arod.
  • Gabriela Montero

    Improvisation on 'Somewhere Over The Rainbow'

    Performer: Gabriela Montero.
  • Max Reger

    Der Mond ist aufgegangen

    Ensemble: Vox Bona. Conductor: Karin Freist-Wissing. Choir: Kammerchor der Kreuzkirche Bonn.
    • Moon - Night - Dream: Choral Music of the 19th and 20th Centuries.
    • Audite.
  • Gabriela Montero

    Improvisation on 'Der Mond ist aufgegangen'

    Performer: Gabriela Montero.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    The Rite of Spring, Part Two: The Sacrifice

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Stravinsky: Le sacre du printemps.
    • Warner Classics.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Piano Sonata No. 2 in D minor, op. 14

    Performer: Gabriela Montero.
  • George Butterworth

    English Idyll no.1

    Orchestra: Hallé. Conductor: Sir Mark Elder.
    • Halle: English Rhapsody.
    • Halle.
    • 2.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Wie zittern und wanken, from 'Herr, gehe nicht ins Gericht mit deinem Knecht, BWV 105'

    Singer: Sofia Niklasson. Ensemble: Goteborg Baroque. Conductor: Magnus Kjellson.
  • Richard Wagner

    Tannhauser (Overture)

    Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vassily Sinaisky.
    • GBBBC.

Broadcast

  • Thu 7 Jul 2022 14:00