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Shostakovich and Copland

Martyn Brabbins and the 成人快手 Scottish Symphony Orchestra perform music by Copland and Shostakovich, with pianist Steven Osborne.

Martyn Brabbins and the 成人快手 Scottish Symphony Orchestra perform music by Copland and Shostakovich, with pianist Steven Osborne.

Recorded at City Halls, Glasgow, 15th April 2021.

Presented by Jamie MacDougall

Copland: Appalachian Spring
Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No 2
Copland: Quiet City
Shostakovich: Hamlet Suite

Steven Osborne (piano)
Martyn Brabbins (conductor)
成人快手 Scottish Symphony Orchestra

Optimistic and vivacious music by Shostakovich: his Second Piano concerto. Steven Osborne joins the 成人快手 Scottish Symphony Orchestra to perform this cheerful work as the Scottish virtuoso celebrates his 50th birthday. The orchestra also bring to life Shostakovich's sharply characterised music for an absurdist stage adaptation of Shakespeare's Hamlet from 1932.
Alongside and in between, the orchestra, with conductor Martyn Brabbins, evoke two dramatic landscapes by Aaron Copland. The atmospheric urban loneliness of Quiet City; and the steep, inaccessible mountains of Appalachian Spring.

Photo: Steven Osborne (credit, Ben Ealovega)

2 hours, 28 minutes

Music Played

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Sancta civitas

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Singer: Christina Pier. Singer: Andrew Staples. Singer: Matthew Brook. Choir: The Bach Choir. Choir: Winchester Cathedral Choir. Choir: Winchester College Quiristers. Conductor: David Hill.
    • Vaughan Williams: Dona Nobis Pacem.
    • Naxos.
    • 7.
  • William Walton

    Crown Imperial

    Music Arranger: Joseph Kreines. Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra Brass. Conductor: Jay Friedman.
    • Chicago Symphony Orchestra Brass Live.
    • CSOR.
    • 1.

Broadcast

  • Thu 22 Apr 2021 19:30