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Rachmaninov and Stravinsky

Ryan Wigglesworth conducts the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in works by Stravinsky and Abrahamsen. Sir Stephen Hough joins in Rachmaninov's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini.

“My heartfelt homage to Tchaikovsky’s wonderful talent”. Audiences in the 1920s were astonished when the modernist firebrand Stravinsky started adapting Tchaikovsky. In fact, Stravinsky adored Tchaikovsky’s music, and his ballet The Fairy’s Kiss puts Tchaikovsky’s music under a very modern – but utterly captivating – spell. Before that pianist Stephen Hough joins the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra to work his very personal alchemy on Rachmaninov’s hugely-popular Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini. And the concert begins with music by Hans Abrahamsen: conductor Ryan Wigglesworth conjures orchestral enchantment in selections from the fairy-tale opera, The Snow Queen.

Live from City Halls, Glasgow

Presented by Kate Molleson

Hans Abrahamsen: Suite from The Snow Queen
Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Stravinsky: The Fairy's Kiss

Sir Stephen Hough (pianist)
Ryan Wigglesworth (conductor)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

2 hours, 14 minutes

Last on

Thu 18 Apr 202419:30
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Hans Abrahamsen

    Drei Marchenbilder (from The Snow Queen)

    Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ryan Wigglesworth.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Rhapsody On A Theme Of Paganini Op.43

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough. Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ryan Wigglesworth.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Nocturne (Lyric pieces - book 5 Op.54, '4)

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.

  • Elizabeth Maconchy

    Duo (Theme And Variations)

    Ensemble: Duo Gaia.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Souvenir De Florence Op.70 ; 4th Movement; Allegro Vivace

    Performer: Paul Neubauer. Performer: Colin Carr. Ensemble: Emerson String Quartet.

  • Igor Stravinsky

    The Fairy's Kiss

    Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ryan Wigglesworth. Conductor: Ryan Wigglesworth.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: 12 Variations on "Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen", Op. 66

    Performer: Sheku Kanneh‐Mason. Performer: Isata Kanneh‐Mason.
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Broadcast

  • Thu 18 Apr 202419:30
    BBC Radio 3