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Afternoon ConcertRussian Music
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Penny Gore presents BBC orchestras in Russian music. Adams: Lollopalooza. Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No 1. Debussy: Images. Rubbra: 5 Motets. Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet (excts).

This week features the BBC Orchestras in Russian music, plus a studio recording the BBC Singers have made of the music of Edmund Rubbra. Today's programme includes a concert given by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales a couple of weeks ago in Swansea in which they're joined by violinist Daniel Hope for Shostakovich's First Violin Concerto. And the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra perform music from Prokofiev's ever-popular ballet, Romeo and Juliet.

Presented by Penny Gore

2pm
John Adams: Lollopalooza
Shostakovich: Violin Concerto no.1 in A minor
Daniel Hope (violin)
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François-Xavier Roth (conductor)

2.45pm
Debussy: Images
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François-Xavier Roth (conductor)

3.25pm
Rubbra: 5 Motets, Op. 37
BBC Singers
David Hill (conductor)

3.40pm
Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet (highlights)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Michal Dworzynski (conductor).

2 hours, 30 minutes

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Mon 11 Jun 201214:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Pietro Mascagni

    Mascagni: Addio alla Madra (Cavelleria Rusticana)

    • Decca.

  • John Adams

    Lollapalooza

    Performer: BBC National Orchestra of Wales Conductor: François-Xavier Roth

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Violin Concerto no.1 in A minor

    Performer: Daniel Hope (violin) Performer: BBC National Orchestra of Wales Conductor: François-Xavier Roth

  • Claude Debussy

    Images

    Performer: BBC National Orchestra of Wales Conductor: François-Xavier Roth

  • Rubbra

    5 Motets for chorus, Op 37, Eternitie, Vain Wits and Eyes, A Hymn to God the Father, The S

    Performers: BBC Singers Conductor: David Hill

  • Pietro Mascagni

    Addio alla Madra (Cavelleria Rusticana)

    Performer: Joseph Calleja (tenor) Performer: BBC Concert Orchestra Conductor: Steven Mercurio (conductor)

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Romeo and Juliet [Suite]

    Performer: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Michal Dworzynski

Broadcast

  • Mon 11 Jun 201214:00
    BBC Radio 3