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BBC Symphony Orchestra 1/5

Music from the snowy North with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, which celebrates its ninetieth anniversary this season, in performances of Mussorgsky, Shostakovich, Dvorak and Mozart.

The BBC Symphony Orchestra in recordings made at the Berlin Philharmonie, London's Barbican Centre and in the studio.
Penny Gore begins a week in which she introduces some memorable performances by the BBC Symphony Orchestra, which celebrates its ninetieth anniversary this season. There will be performances directed by many of the orchestra's recent principal and guest conductors including Sakari Oramo, Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Martyn Brabbins and Jiri Belohlavek, who conducts Mozart in today's programme. Also today a performance of Shostakovich made in lockdown on the very day that the soprano soloist won the 2020 Royal Philharmonic Society Singer Award.

Mussorgsky: A Night on the Bare Mountain, ed. Rimsky-Korsakov
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sakari Oramo (conductor)

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 14 Op. 135
Natalya Romaniw (soprano)
Neal Davies (bass-baritone)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Kirill Karabits (conductor)

Roderick Williams: Ave Verum corpus (A reflection on William Byrd's Ave verum corpus)
BBC Singers, Sofi Jeannin (conductor)

Mozart: Symphony No. 29 in A major K201
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Jiri Belohlavek (conductor)

Anders Hillborg (1954): Quintet for Brass
Signum Brass

Dvorak: Serenade in D minor Op. 44
Winds of BBC Symphony Orchestra, Douglas Boyd (conductor)

2 hours, 30 minutes

Music Played

  • Modest Mussorgsky

    A Night on the Bare Mountain

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Symphony No.14 Op.135

    Singer: Natalya Romaniw. Singer: Neal Davies. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Kirill Karabits.
  • Roderick Williams

    Ave verum corpus

    Performer: BBC Singers. Performer: Sofi Jeannin.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No. 29 in A Major K201

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jiří Bělohlávek.
  • Anders Hillborg

    Quintet for Brass

    Ensemble: Signum Brass.
  • Anders Hillborg

    The Peacock Moment

    Performer: Charlotte Bartley. Performer: Ugne Vazgileviciute.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Wind Serenade in D Minor Op.44

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Douglas Boyd.
  • Jean Sibelius

    The Oceanides Op.73

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.

Broadcast

  • Mon 1 Feb 202114:00