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The 成人快手 Scottish Symphony Orchestra plays Stravinsky's explosive ballet music at the Proms, and Pavel Kolesnikov joins them for Shostakovich's Piano Concerto No 2.

Presented by Penny Gore, including the 成人快手 Scottish Symphony Orchestra's recent Proms performance of Stravinsky's explosive ballet suite, The Firebird, Shostakovich's second piano concert with soloist Pavel Kolesnikov, and a new work by Samy Moussa.

Plus, throughout this week, operatic music from Andris Nelsons and the Berlin Philharmonic with the tenor Klaus Florian Vogt, recorded in June at the Waldb眉hne theatre in the Olympiapark, Berlin. And from last year's Rheingau Festival, Voces8 sing Britten and a song by Mumford & Sons.

Including:

Stravinsky: Fireworks Op.4
Lucerne Festival Orchestra
Riccardo Chailly, conductor

Chopin: Mazurka in F sharp minor, Op.59 No.3
Pavel Kolesnikov, piano

Weber: Overture to 'Der Freisch眉tz, op. 77'
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Andris Nelsons, conductor

c.2.20pm
成人快手 Proms (first broadcast live on Friday 18th August)
Introduced by Tom Service

Samy Moussa: Symphony No. 2 (成人快手 co-commission: European premiere)
Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No. 2 in F major
Pavel Kolesnikov, piano
成人快手 Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Gemma New, conductor

c.3.05pm
Artist choice: Pavel Kolesnikov

c.3.25pm
成人快手 Proms (first broadcast live on Friday 18th August)
Introduced by Tom Service

Stravinsky: The Firebird
成人快手 Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Gemma New, conductor

c.4.10pm
Britten: The Evening Primrose, op. 47/4
Voces8

Weber: Nein! L盲nger trag' ich nicht die Qualen... (from Act 1 of 'Der Freisch眉tz')
Klaus Florian Vogt, tenor
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Andris Nelsons, conductor

Mumford & Sons: Timshel
Voces8

Chabrier: Suite pastorale for orchestra; Scherzo-valse
Les Siecles
Francois Xavier-Roth, conductor

3 hours

Music Played

  • Igor Stravinsky

    Fireworks Op.4

    Orchestra: Lucerne Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • DECCA.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Mazurka in F sharp minor, Op.59 No.3

    Performer: Pavel Kolesnikov.
    • Hyperion.
  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Overture to 'Der Freisch眉tz, op. 77'

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Andris Nelsons.
  • Samy Moussa

    Symphony No. 2

    Orchestra: 成人快手 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Gemma New.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Concerto No. 2 In F Major Op.102

    Performer: Pavel Kolesnikov. Orchestra: 成人快手 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Gemma New.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Prelude (BWV.855a)

    Performer: Pavel Kolesnikov.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-Flat Major, Op. 73 "Emperor"

    Performer: Clifford Curzon. Conductor: Hans Knappertsbusch. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic.
    • Clifford Curzon: Decca Recordings 1944-1970 Vol.4.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 5.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Piano Concerto in G major (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Martha Argerich. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Ravel: Piano Concerto in G major: Argerich, Berliner Phil, Abbado.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 5.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    The Firebird - Ballet

    Orchestra: 成人快手 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Gemma New.
  • Benjamin Britten

    The Evening Primrose, op. 47/4

    Choir: VOCES8.
  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Nein! L盲nger trag' ich nicht die Qualen ... from 'Der Freisch眉tz'

    Performer: Klaus Florian Vogt. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Andris Nelsons.
  • Mumford & Sons

    Timshel

    Music Arranger: Jim Clements. Choir: VOCES8.
  • Emmanuel Chabrier

    Scherzo-valse (Suite pastorale)

    Ensemble: Les Si猫cles. Conductor: Fran莽ois鈥怷avier Roth.
    • Bizet/Chabrier: Les Siecles/Francois-Xavier Roth.
    • Mirare.
    • 8.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Violin Sonata No 5 in F major, Op 24, 'Spring' (1st mvt)

    Performer: Isabelle Faust. Performer: Alexander Melnikov.
    • Beethoven: Complete Sonatas for piano & violin: Faust, Melnikov.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 4.

Broadcast

  • Mon 4 Sep 2023 14:00