Shostakovich and his Heroes
Part One
Thursday 23 February 2006 19:30-20:20 (Radio 3)
The Halle Orchestra and Principal Guest conductor Cristian Mandeal bring together a programme of music featuring two composers whom Shostakovich especially admired. Mahler was a guiding inspiration behind a lot of Shostakovich's symphonic thinking, while in Britten he found a kindred musical spirit.
The concert also features Shostakovich's ebullient and witty concerto for piano and trumpet, and from 1939 the 6th Symphony, which the composer said was motivated by feelings of 'spring, joy, youth and lyricism'.
Playlist:
Britten: Peter Grimes - Four Sea Interludes, Op 33a
Shostakovich: Concerto No 1 for Piano, Trumpet and Strings in Cm
Mahler: Blumine
Shostakovich: Symphony No 6 in Bm, Op 54
Alexander Melnikov (solo piano)
John MacMurray (solo trumpet)
Halle Orchestra
Cristian Mandeal (conductor)
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