Prom 62: Haydn, Shostakovich
Mariss Jansons and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra perform Haydn's Symphony No 100 (Military), and Shostakovich's popular Symphony No 10 at the 2009 Proms.
Presented by Ian Skelly.
In a concert given at the 2009 Proms, Mariss Jansons and his Dutch orchestra perform Haydn's Military Symphony, composed on a visit to London in 1794-5, at a time when England and Holland were allied with Austria against Republican France. According to an early review, the slow movement - graphically portraying 'the hellish roar of war increase to a climax of horrid sublimity' - was greeted with repeated cries of 'Encore! in which the Ladies themselves could not forbear to join'.
Shostakovich's Tenth - one of the composer's most popular symphonies, and a favourite of Jansons and the orchestra - intertwines the composer's personal motto theme with that of a student with whom he was infatuated.
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Mariss Jansons (conductor)
Haydn: Symphony No 100 in G (Military)
Shostakovich: Symphony No 10 in E minor
Followed by music from Proms Plus: Daniel Barenboim introduces and conducts a performance by members of the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra.
Boulez: Notations
Karim Said (piano)
Boulez: Anthemes
Michael Barenboim (violin)
Boulez: Messagesquisse
Members of the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim (conductor)
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- Wed 6 Jan 2010 19:00成人快手 Radio 3