Martyn Brabbins conducts Liadov & Tchaikovsky

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Winter Daydreams: Martyn Brabbins and the BBC Symphony Orchestra share the seasonal freshness of Tchaikovsky’s magical First Symphony.

Midwinter magic: it’s a season of crisp frosts and fireside tales, mist-clad forests and icy blue skies. That’s the story that Tchaikovsky told about his Winter Daydreams symphony, anyway, but however you choose to hear it, this youthful, folk-inspired masterpiece remains one of the most enchanting (and colourful) first symphonies by any great composer.

It’s perfect, in other words, for a January day. And in this short but magical free concert with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, conductor Martyn Brabbins has chosen to pair the symphony with a lost jewel by one of Tchaikovsky’s favourite contemporaries: the wonderfully tuneful ballade, About Olden Times, by Anatoly Liadov, Russian music’s forgotten master of musical colour. Imagine a Fabergé egg in sound.

Programme:
Anatoly Liadov About Olden Times
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 1, 'Winter Daydreams'

Martyn Brabbins conductor
BBC Symphony Orchestra

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