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成人快手 NOW, van Steen

Catherine Bott presents a concert from St David's Hall in Cardiff, with the 成人快手 NOW under Jac van Steen in Mahler's Symphony No 6. Plus Shostakovich performing his own work.

LIVE - Presented by Catherine Bott.

From St David's Hall in Cardiff, the 成人快手 National Orchestra of Wales under conductor Jac van Steen with Mahler's Symphony No. 6. Often referred to as the 'Tragic' symphony for its unsettling nature and its thunderous finale, this symphony remains one of the most enigmatic Mahler ever wrote. 'The only Sixth, despite Beethoven's Pastoral', wrote composer Alban Berg, one of its many admirers...

MAHLER - Symphony No. 6 in A minor

成人快手 National Orchestra of Wales,
Jac van Steen, conductor

Followed by a focus this week on composers as performers of their own pieces. Today, among other things, Dmitri Shostakovich performing his Concertino for two pianos, alongside his son Maxim, recorded in the Soviet Union in 1956.

2 hours, 15 minutes

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Fri 21 May 2010 19:00

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  • Fri 21 May 2010 19:00