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CBSO at Aldeburgh

Tom McKinney introduces a concert from this year's Aldeburgh Festival given by the CBSO featuring music by Britten and Shostakovich plus a new work by Anna Thorvaldsdottir.

Tom McKinney introduces a concert from the Snape Maltings given as part of this year's Aldeburgh Festival featuring the CBSO performing music by Benjamin Britten and Shostakovich - his First Violin Concerto, performed by Patricia Kopatchinskaja. David Oistrakh, its dedicatee, likened the violin part to "a pithy Shakespearian role". The concert also features a new work by the Icelandic composer Anna Thorvaldsdottir.

THORVALDSDOTTIR Catamorphosis;
BRITTEN: Suite: Gloriana

Interval:
(From disc)
Britten: Cello Sonata in C
Mstislav Rostropovich, cello
Benjamin Britten, piano

SHOSTAKOVICH Violin Concerto No 1
BRITTEN Four Sea Interludes (Peter Grimes);

CBSO
MORLOT, Ludovic (conductor)
KOPATCHINSKAJA, Patricia (violin)

Recorded at Snape Maltings Concert Hall

2 hours, 28 minutes

Music Played

  • Anna Thorvaldsdottir

    Catamorphosis

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ludovic Morlot.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Gloriana - symphonic suite Op.53a

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ludovic Morlot.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Sonata in C major Op.65 for cello and piano

    Performer: Mstislav Rostropovich. Performer: Benjamin Britten.
    • DECCA : 421 859-2.
    • DECCA.
    • 17.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Concerto no. 1 in A minor Op.77 for violin and orchestra

    Performer: Patricia Kopatchinskaja. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ludovic Morlot.
  • Benjamin Britten

    4 Sea interludes [from 'Peter Grimes'] Op.33a

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ludovic Morlot.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Concerto Grosso in B flat major, Op 6 No 7 (5th mvt)

    Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Director: Andrew Manze.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Brockes-Passion (Sinfonia)

    Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Director: Richard Egarr.
    • AAM.

Broadcast

  • Tue 21 Jun 2022 19:30