BBC SO, Martin Fröst, Sakari Oramo in Shostakovich, Copland and Prokofiev

Live from the Barbican the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sakari Oramo in Shostakovich’s Symphony No 9, Prokofiev’s Symphony No 6 and, with Martin Fröst, Copland’s Clarinet Concerto.

Presented by Martin Handley

Shostakovich: Symphony No.9 in E Flat Major, Op.70
Copland: Clarinet Concerto

08.10
INTERVAL

08.30

Prokofiev: Symphony No. 6 in E Flat Minor, Op. 111

Martin Fröst (clarinet)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo (conductor)

Maverick clarinet virtuoso Martin Fröst makes a rare UK appearance as soloist in Aaron Copland’s ravishingly beautiful, jazz-infused Clarinet Concerto. He joins the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chief Conductor Sakari Oramo for a programme of 20th century greats, surrounded by two Russian symphonies. Shostakovich’s startlingly buoyant Ninth Symphony couldn’t be further from the sombre contemplation and mourning of Prokofiev’s Sixth Symphony, a musical portrait of post-war ‘wounds that cannot be healed’.