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Don Quixote

The 成人快手 Scottish Symphony Orchestra and Ilan Volkov perform Strauss's music inspired by Don Quixote, a rarity from a Romanian composer and a suite of ballet music by Prokofiev.

One of Richard Strauss鈥 most theatrical orchestral pieces, a 鈥榤ad set of variations鈥, illustrates in its music the character of Don Quixote as inhabited by a solo cellist, tonight performed by former 成人快手 New Generation Artist Narek Hakhnazaryan, alongside conductor Ilan Volkov and the 成人快手 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. The deftness and invention of the composition makes this an unmissable orchestral showpiece.

And it is prefaced with two less well-known discoveries that nevertheless demonstrate an orchestra鈥檚 capacity to render capricious stories through sound. Prokofiev鈥檚 music for a Diaghilev ballet 鈥楥hout鈥, in which sparky tunefulness and glitter-rich instrumental textures tell 鈥淭he Tale of the Buffoon who Outwits Seven Other Buffoons鈥.

And there鈥檚 a chance to explore the music of a sadly neglected composer Myriam Marbe. A Romanian polymathic genius, a political dissident in times of turmoil, and a witty and elegant inventor of music which beguiles as it unsettles. Her 1974 piece for strings and percussion 鈥淪erenata - Eine kleine Sonnenmusik鈥 fractures and distorts memories of Mozart鈥檚 music through effervescent layers of bird-calls and crackling lines of orchestra fizz.

Live from City Halls Glasgow

Presented by Kate Molleson

Marbe: Serenata - Eine kleine Sonnenmusik
Prokofiev: Chout, Symphonic Suite

8.15 Interval

8.35 Part 2

Strauss: Don Quixote

Narek Hakhnazaryan (cellist)
成人快手 Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Ilan Volkov (conductor)

2 hours, 28 minutes

Last on

Thu 14 Nov 2019 19:30

Music Played

  • Myriam Marbe

    Serenata: Eine kleine Sonnenmusik

    Orchestra: 成人快手 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Visions Fugatives

    Performer: Steven Osborne.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Chout: Symphonic Suite Op.21b

    Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard. Orchestra: 成人快手 Scottish Symphony Orchestra.
  • Myriam Marbe

    Song of Ruth

    Ensemble: Celloquintett der Musikhochschule Nurnberg.
  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Suite Burlesque de Quixotte

    Orchestra: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin.
  • Richard Strauss

    Don Quixote

    Orchestra: 成人快手 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard.
  • Richard Strauss

    Piano Trio No. 1 in A major

    Ensemble: Amelia Piano Trio.
  • Richard Strauss

    Sonatine no.2

    Performer: Dario Bonuccelli.

Broadcast

  • Thu 14 Nov 2019 19:30

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