Górecki's Symphony No. 3 from the BBC Proms

Linton Stephens showcases highlights from the Proms and from the Cheltenham Festival In today's programme, the BBC Symphony Orchestra and conductor Dalia Stasevska perform Henryk Górecki’s ‘Symphony of Sorrowful Songs’ which translates loss and pain into sound. Violinist Joshua Bell joins the orchestra for the UK premier of Thomas de Hartmann's Violin Concerto plus we will hear Ottorino Respighi’s warmly expansive reworking of an organ chorale prelude by J. S. Bach.

Elsewhere, performances from the recent Cheltenham Music Festival including former Radio 3 New Generation Artist, pianist Giorgi Gigashvili, performing from Felix Mendelssohn's collection of Songs Without Words.

Henryk Mikołaj Górecki
Symphony No. 3, ‘Symphony of Sorrowful Songs’
Francesca Chiejina (soprano)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Dalia Stasevska (conductor)

Johann Sebastian Bach (orch. Respighi)
Three Chorales, No. 1: ‘Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland’
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Dalia Stasevska (conductor)

Felix Mendelssohn
Selection from Songs Without Words, Op. 19
Giorgi Gigashvili (piano)

Thomas de Hartmann
Violin Concerto (UK premier)
Joshua Bell (violin)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Dalia Stasevska (conductor)

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