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Thursday - BBC Proms - Shostakovich’s Fifth Symphony

Afternoon Concert BBC Proms 2023

The Hallé and Sir Mark Elder perform Shostakovich’s Fifth Symphony and Rachmaninov's choral symphony The Bells at the BBC Proms.

Introduced by Penny Gore, and featuring The Hallé orchestra with its Music Director Sir Mark Elder performing a programme of Russian music. The Hallé Choir and BBC Symphony Chorus plus soloists join them for Rachmaninov's choral symphony 'The Bells', inspired by the gothic poetry of Edgar Allan Poe. The second half of the concert features Shostakovich's Fifth Symphony: the surface jollity concealing a darker core, under threat from Stalin and the Soviet regime.

Penny also introduces music by Finnish composers, and more from the Gambelin Duo concert recorded at this year's Schwetzingen Festival by German radio.

Including:

Shostakovich: Festive Overture
BBC Philharmonic
Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor

Dalza: Pavana e Saltarello alla Ventiana, Piva
La Bellemont

c. 2.15pm
BBC Proms (first broadcast live on Wednesday 26th July)
Presented by Martin Handley

Rachmaninov: The Bells
Mané Galoyan, soprano
Dmytro Popov, tenor
Rodion Pogossov, baritone
BBC Symphony Chorus
Hallé Choir
Hallé
Sir Mark Elder, conductor

c. 2.50pm
Proms Artist Choice - Mark Elder

Elgar: The Apostles (Prologue)
Hallé, Hallé Youth Choir & Hallé Choir
Sir Mark Elder, conductor

c. 3.00pm
BBC Proms (first broadcast live on Wednesday 26th July)
Presented by Martin Handley

Shostakovich: Symphony No 5 in D minor
Hallé
Sir Mark Elder, conductor

c. 4:00pm
Sibelius: Tapiola
BBC Philharmonic
Elena Schwarz, conductor

Christian Ellin: L'incantesimo del profumo di legno
Gambelin Duo

Rautavaara: Into the Heart of Light
Ostrobothian Chamber Orchestra
Malin Broman, conductor

3 hours, 1 minute

Last on

Thu 3 Aug 2023 14:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Festive Overture, Op 96

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier.

  • Jules Massenet

    Toccata

    Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet.

  • Joan Ambrosio Dalza

    Pavana e Saltarello alla venetiana; Piva

    Ensemble: La Bellemont.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    The Bells, Op 35

    Conductor: Mark Elder. Orchestra: Hallé. Choir: Hallé Choir. Choir: BBC Symphony Chorus. Singer: Andrei Kymach. Singer: Dmytro Popov. Singer: Mané Galoyan.

  • Edward Elgar

    The Apostles, Op 49 (Part 1: Prologue)

    Orchestra: Hallé. Choir: Hallé Choir. Choir: Hallé Youth Choir. Conductor: Mark Elder.
    • Elgar: The Apsotles: The Halle.
    • Halle.
    • 1.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Symphony No 5 in D minor, Op 47

    Conductor: Mark Elder. Orchestra: Hallé.

  • Carl Davis

    The World at War - theme

    Orchestra: The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • The World at War.
    • Silva Screen Records.
    • 2.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Tapiola, Op 112

    Performer: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Performer: Elena Schwarz.

  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Sinfonia a 7, from L'Orfeo, for lira da gamba solo

    Ensemble: Gambelin Duo.

  • Christian Elin

    L'incantesimo del profumo di legno

    Ensemble: Gambelin Duo.

  • Carlos Gardel

    Por una cabeza

    Performer: Augustin Hadelich.

  • Einojuhani Rautavaara

    Into the Heart of Light, for string orchestra

    Orchestra: Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Malin Broman.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Nocturne in A flat major, Op 32 No 2

    Performer: Ingrid Fliter.
    • LINN.

Broadcast

  • Thu 3 Aug 2023 14:00
    BBC Radio 3