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Prom 71 (part 2): Gorecki, Vaughan Williams & Tchaikovsky

Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Proms 2013, Prom 71
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Conclusion of a Prom in which Osmo Vanska leads the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra. Vaughan Williams, orch A Payne: Four Last Songs (Jennifer Johnston: mezzo). Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 6.

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).

1 hour, 25 minutes

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Music Played

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Four Last Songs

    Orchestra: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra. Orchestrator: Anthony Payne.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Symphony No 6 in B minor "Pathetique"

    Orchestra: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra.

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  • Wed 4 Sep 2013 20:50
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