BBC Philharmonic - Lyadov, Prokofiev, Vaughan Williams

Live from the Bridgewater Hall in Manchester

Presented by Christopher Cook

Vassily Sinaisky and the BBC Philharmonic perform music by Lyadov, Prokofiev and Vaughan Williams

Lyadov: Eight Russian Folk Songs
Prokofiev: Sinfonia concertante

8.20 Interval Music
Settings of William Blake's poetry by Vaughan Williams

8.40
Vaughan Williams: Job

Inspired by William Blake's stylized engravings, Vaughan Williams responds to the metaphysical nature of the illustrations and paints movingly clear pictures of Heaven and Hell in 'Job', his "Masque for Dancing" though folk song and dance are never far away. Leonard Elschenbroich, a graduate of the BBC New Generation Artist scheme, joins the orchestra for Prokofiev's Sinfonia Concertante and the programme opens with Lyadov's charming and colourful Eight Russian Folk Songs.

Leonard Elschenbroich (cello)
BBC Philharmonic
Vassily Sinaisky (conductor).