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Kahchun Wong conducts Shostakovich

The ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra performs Takemitsu's Requiem for Strings, Hosokawa’s Violin Concerto β€˜Prayer’ with soloist Sayaka Shoji, and Shostakovich’s mighty Symphony No 5.

The ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra performs Takemitsu's Requiem for Strings, Hosokawa’s Violin Concerto β€˜Prayer’ with soloist Sayaka Shoji, and Shostakovich’s mighty Symphony No 5.

No composer works in a vacuum. Shostakovich called his mighty Fifth Symphony β€œa Soviet artist’s response to just criticism”, but in truth he was fighting for his freedom, and perhaps his very life. Two Japanese masterworks - both written in response to events in the wider world – offer a mirror and a contrast to this great Russian epic. Toru Takemitsu mourns a beloved teacher in his haunting wordless Requiem. And Toshio Hosokawa offers up a Prayer for the world we see today – a scene of pandemic and war - in a striking new violin concerto that positions the violinist as shaman, mediating between the world and the cosmos. Violinist Sayaka Shoji takes that role tonight, as Kahchun Wong (soon to become chief conductor of the HallΓ© Orchestra) makes a very personal London debut.

Live at the Barbican, London. Presented by Martin Handley.

Toru Takemitsu: Requiem for Strings

Toshio Hosokawa: Prayer* (UK Premiere)

Interval

Dmitry Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 in D minor

Sayaka Shoji (violin)*
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra
Kahchun Wong (conductor)

2 hours, 28 minutes

Last on

Fri 9 Feb 2024 19:30
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Toru Takemitsu

    Requiem

    Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Kahchun Wong.

  • Toshio Hosokawa

    Prayer - Concerto

    Performer: Sayaka Shoji. Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Kahchun Wong.

  • BΓ©la BartΓ³k

    Melodia from Sonata for solo violin

    Performer: Sayaka Shoji.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cantata No.178: Wo Gott der Herr nicht bei uns halt, BWV 178

    Singer: Yukari Nonoshita. Singer: Matthew White. Singer: Makoto Sakurada. Singer: Peter Kooij. Choir: Bach Collegium Japan. Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki.
    • BIS.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Symphony No. 5 In D Minor Op.47

    Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Kahchun Wong.

  • Elizabeth Poston

    Song of Wisdom (Version for Choir & Organ)

    Performer: Oliver Morrell. Lyricist: Anonymous. Lyricist: George Wallace Briggs. Choir: St Albans Cathedral Girls Choir. Choir: Lay Clerks of St. Albans Cathedral Choir. Conductor: Tom Winpenny.
    • Poston: Carols & Anthems.
    • Naxos.
    • 125.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Piano Trio in A major, H XV 18

    Ensemble: Beaux Arts Trio.
    • PHILIPS.

Broadcast

  • Fri 9 Feb 2024 19:30
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3