Penny Gore ends her celebration this week of the work of the BBC Symphony Orchestra with music inspired by the landscape of Iceland and two French works which capture the exoticism of North Africa: Louis Schwizgebel plays Saint-Saens' 'Egyptian' Piano Concerto and the Egyptian soprano, Fatma Said sings Ravel's Shéhérazade, with its sensual texts derived from The Arabian Nights.
Programme:
JOHN PICKARD: Dimmuborgir - Black Castles
Brass and percussion of the BBC Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins (conductor)
SAINT-SAENS: Piano Concerto in F major, Op. 103,'The Egyptian.'
Louis Schwizgebel (piano)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins (conductor)
RAVEL: Shéhérazade
WAHAB arr. James Whitbourn: Nashid al qassam
Fatma Said (soprano)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Vedernikov (conductor)
ANDERS HILLBORG: Kongsgaard variations for string quartet
Moriarty String Quartet from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama
PROKOFIEV: Symphony no. 1 in D major, Op. 25, 'Classical'
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sakari Oramo (conductor)
This broadcast begins with the BBC Singers exploring the music of Bob Chilcott.
