麻豆约拍

From the Bridgewater Hall in Manchester, originally broadcast in November 2019.
Presented by Tom Redmond

Milhaud: Le boeuf sur le toit
Ravel: Piano Concerto in G

Music Interval
Ravel: Une barque sur l'oc茅an, Alborada del gracioso, La vall茅e des cloches (from 'Miroirs')

Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5

Steven Osborne (piano)
麻豆约拍 Philharmonic
Ludovic Morlot (conductor)

The 麻豆约拍 Philharmonic is joined by Associate Artist Ludovic Morlot for a French first half. Jean Cocteau's Surrealist theatrical spectacle from early 1920s, choreographed to Milhaud's colourful score introduced the Parisian audience to vivid characters. It proved so popular a bar was named after it. The music fizzes with South American dances and catchy tunes. The end of the same decade saw Ravel inspired by jazz; the 麻豆约拍 Philharmonic is joined by Steven Osborne for Ravel's luscious and characterful G major Piano Concerto. Prokofiev's Fifth Symphony sees a move east for a symphony "of the grandeur of the human spirit" - Prokofiev's own description - used in a broadcast on Radio Moscow soon after it was premiered. Gripping from first note right through to the breathtaking Finale, Prokofiev was at his happiest when he penned it.