Prom 38: Stravinsky’s The Firebird with the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra
Live at the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Proms: the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra conducted by Tianyi Lu performs Stravinsky's dazzling Firebird. And Sol Gabetta is the soloist in Francisco Coll's Cello Concerto.
Live at the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Proms: the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra conducted by Tianyi Lu performs Stravinsky's dazzling Firebird. And Sol Gabetta is the soloist in Francisco Coll's Cello Concerto.
Presented by Linton Stephens, live from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Paul Dukas: The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
Francisco Coll: Cello Concerto Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ co-commission: UK premiere
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INTERVAL Cultural historian Rosamund Bartlett talks to Linton Stephens about the figure of the Firebird in Russian folklore. With its "golden feathers and eyes like oriental crystal," this magical, glowing bird from a faraway land was often seen as prophetic, a blessing and a harbinger of doom to its captor. But in Stravinsky's ballet the Firebird is portrayed in an altogether more positive light.
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Giacomo Puccini: Preludio sinfonico
Igor Stravinsky: The Firebird – suite (1945 version)
Sol Gabetta (cello)
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra
Tianyi Lu (conductor)
Stravinsky showed his true colours in The Firebird. In this coruscating ballet music he unleashed for the first time the vivid colours that would captivate generations of theatre-goers. He had the perfect subject matter in the compelling story of the young Prince Ivan outwitting the evil sorcerer Kashchey and freeing the 13 enchanted Princesses with the help of the magical Firebird. Tianyi Lu also conducts the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra in Puccini’s effortlessly lyrical Preludio sinfonico, Dukas’s retelling of The Sorcerer’s Apprentice tale and a new Cello Concerto by Francisco Coll, powered by dances ranging from the tango to the waltz.
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Paul Dukas
The Sorcerer's Apprentice - Symphonic Scherzo
Orchestra: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Tianyi Lu. -
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Francisco Coll
Cello Concerto
Performer: Sol Gabetta. Orchestra: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Tianyi Lu. -
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Francisco Coll
Encore: The Secret Life of T
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Giacomo Puccini
Preludio Sinfonico
Orchestra: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Tianyi Lu. -
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Igor Stravinsky
The Firebird - Suite
Orchestra: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Tianyi Lu. -
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William Byrd
Mass for five voices: Kyrie
Conductor: Harry Christophers. Ensemble: The Sixteen. Choir: The Sixteen.- Byrd - Motets & Masses.
- Warner Classics.
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William Byrd
Mass for five voices: Gloria
Conductor: Harry Christophers. Ensemble: The Sixteen. Choir: The Sixteen.- Byrd - Motets & Masses.
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William Byrd
Mass for five voices: Credo
Conductor: Harry Christophers. Ensemble: The Sixteen. Choir: The Sixteen.- Byrd - Motets & Masses.
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William Byrd
Mass for five voices: Sanctus
Conductor: Harry Christophers. Ensemble: The Sixteen. Choir: The Sixteen.- Byrd - Motets & Masses.
- Warner Classics.
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William Byrd
Mass for five voices: Benedictus
Conductor: Harry Christophers. Ensemble: The Sixteen. Choir: The Sixteen.- Byrd - Motets & Masses.
- Warner Classics.
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William Byrd
Mass for five voices: Agnus Dei
Conductor: Harry Christophers. Ensemble: The Sixteen. Choir: The Sixteen.- Byrd - Motets & Masses.
- Warner Classics.
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George Frideric Handel
All we, like sheep, have gone astray (Messiah)
Choir: The Sixteen. Orchestra: Sixteen Orchestra. Conductor: Harry Christophers.- Handel: Messiah: The Sixteen choir and orchestra/Christophers.
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- Sun 18 Aug 2024 11:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3
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