BBC Symphony Orchestra: Penderecki Celebration
Petroc Trelawny introduces the BBC SO in the UK premiere of Krysztof Penderecki's symphony Songs of Transience, in honour of the composer's 75th birthday. Plus Brahms Symphony No 4.
BBC Symphony Orchestra: Penderecki Celebration
Presented by Petroc Trelawny.
The 75th birthday of Polish composer Krzysztof Penderecki is celebrated with the first UK performance of his latest symphony. Titled Songs of Transcience, it is a large-scale setting of German poems by Goethe and others on the theme of man's destruction of nature. Brahms's Bach-inspired final symphony completes the programme.
Heidi Grant Murphy (soprano)
Agnieska Rehlis (mezzo-soprano)
Roderick Williams (baritone)
BBC Symphony Chorus
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Jiri Belohlavek (conductor)
Brahms: Symphony No 4 in E minor
Penderecki: Symphony No 8 (Lieder der Verganglichkeit) (UK premiere).
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- Mon 3 Mar 200819:00BBC Radio 3
