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Tchaikovsky's Sixth Symphony

The 成人快手 Symphony Orchestra conducted by Nicholas Carter in Helen Grime's Near Midnight, Strauss's Oboe Concerto with soloist Tom Blomfield and Tchaikovsky's elegiac final symphony.

The 成人快手 Symphony Orchestra conducted by Nicholas Carter in Helen Grime's Near Midnight, Strauss's Oboe Concerto with soloist Tom Blomfield and Tchaikovsky's elegiac final symphony.

Near midnight: as a long day closes, the spirit turns to reflection, whether in tranquillity or terror. Helen Grime's nocturnal tone-poem introduces two works from composers facing the ultimate question, in an emotionally-charged 成人快手 Symphony Orchestra debut for the young Australian conductor Nicholas Carter.

The elderly Richard Strauss recaptured the elegant, bittersweet spirit of Mozart in his Oboe Concerto 鈥 and it鈥檒l make a ravishing showcase for the 成人快手SO鈥檚 own principal oboe, Tom Blomfield. Tchaikovsky鈥檚 final symphony couldn鈥檛 be more different: an impassioned musical autobiography, pulsing with great melodies and raw emotion. It should be an overwhelming climax to a concert that begins 鈥 according to Helen Grime - amid the mystery and magic of 鈥渢olling bells, high-spun moon and the indifference of night鈥.

Live at the Barbican Hall. Presented by Martin Handley

Helen Grime: Near Midnight
Richard Strauss: Oboe Concerto in D major

Interval

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 in B minor, 鈥楶ath茅tique鈥

Tom Blomfield (oboe)
成人快手 Symphony Orchestra
Nicholas Carter (conductor)

2 hours, 28 minutes

Music Played

  • Helen Grime

    Near Midnight

    Orchestra: 成人快手 Symphony Orchestra.
  • Richard Strauss

    Concerto in D Major

    Conductor: Nicholas Carter.
  • Hans Werner Henze

    Carillon, recitatif, masque for mandolin, guitar and harp (1974)

    Performer: Avi Avital. Performer: Sean Shibe. Performer: Anneleen Lenaerts.
    • DG.
  • Missy Mazzoli

    Self-Portrait with Dishevelled Hair

    Singer: Sasha Cooke. Performer: Kirill Kuzmin.
    • PENTATONE.
  • Missy Mazzoli

    Vespers for Violin

    Performer: Peter Herresthal.
    • BIS.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Symphony No 6 in B minor "Pathetique"

    Featured Artist: 成人快手 Symphony Orchestra.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Souvenir d'un lieu cher, Op. 42

    Performer: Julia Fischer. Performer: Yakov Kreizberg.
    • PENTATONE.
  • Franz Schubert

    Mondenschein D.875

    Choir: The London Schubert Chorale. Performer: Graham Johnson. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • HYPERION.

Broadcast

  • Thu 1 Feb 2024 19:30