Prom 71 (part 1): Gorecki, Vaughan Williams & Tchaikovsky
Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London, Osmo Vanska conducts the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra in Gorecki's Symphony No 3 (Symphony of Sorrowful Songs), featuring soprano Ruby Hughes.
Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Presented by Suzy Klein
The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra & Osmo VΓ¤nskΓ¤ live at the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Proms. Gorecki's famous 3rd Symphony, Vaughan Williams' Four Last Songs, & Tchaikovsky's great and final 6th Symphony.
A series of farewells as Osmo VΓ¤nskΓ¤ conducts the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra in a programme concluding the season's focus on Polish music and premiering Anthony Payne's orchestration of Vaughan Williams's Four Last Songs. Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3 New Generation Artists Ruby Hughes and Jennifer Johnston are the soloists, Hughes singing the three Polish texts of Henryk GΓ³recki's 'Symphony of Sorrowful Songs', Johnston singing Procris, Menelaus, Tired and Hands, Eyes and Heart in the Vaughan Williams. Tchaikovsky's 'PathΓ©tique' is the penultimate instalment of this summer's cycle of his symphonies.
GΓ³recki: Symphony No. 3, 'Symphony of Sorrowful Songs'
8.30pm Interval
8.50pm Vaughan Williams Orch. A. Payne: Four Last Songs (Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ commission: world premiere)
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 in B minor, 'PathΓ©tique'
Ruby Hughes (soprano)
Jennifer Johnston (mezzo-soprano)
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra
Osmo Vänskä (conductor).
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Henryk MikoΕ‚aj GΓ³recki
Symphony No 3 "Symphony of Sorrowful Songs"
Orchestra: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra.
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- Wed 4 Sep 2013 19:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3
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