Kahchun Wong conducts Shostakovich
The 成人快手 Symphony Orchestra performs Takemitsu's Requiem for Strings, Hosokawa鈥檚 Violin Concerto 鈥楶rayer鈥� with soloist Sayaka Shoji, and Shostakovich鈥檚 mighty Symphony No 5.
The 成人快手 Symphony Orchestra performs Takemitsu's Requiem for Strings, Hosokawa鈥檚 Violin Concerto 鈥楶rayer鈥� with soloist Sayaka Shoji, and Shostakovich鈥檚 mighty Symphony No 5.
No composer works in a vacuum. Shostakovich called his mighty Fifth Symphony 鈥渁 Soviet artist鈥檚 response to just criticism鈥�, but in truth he was fighting for his freedom, and perhaps his very life. Two Japanese masterworks - both written in response to events in the wider world 鈥� offer a mirror and a contrast to this great Russian epic. Toru Takemitsu mourns a beloved teacher in his haunting wordless Requiem. And Toshio Hosokawa offers up a Prayer for the world we see today 鈥� a scene of pandemic and war - in a striking new violin concerto that positions the violinist as shaman, mediating between the world and the cosmos. Violinist Sayaka Shoji takes that role tonight, as Kahchun Wong (soon to become chief conductor of the Hall茅 Orchestra) makes a very personal London debut.
Live at the Barbican, London. Presented by Martin Handley.
Toru Takemitsu: Requiem for Strings
Toshio Hosokawa: Prayer* (UK Premiere)
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Dmitry Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 in D minor
Sayaka Shoji (violin)*
成人快手 Symphony Orchestra
Kahchun Wong (conductor)
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Toru Takemitsu
Requiem
Orchestra: 成人快手 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Kahchun Wong. -
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Toshio Hosokawa
Prayer - Concerto
Performer: Sayaka Shoji. Orchestra: 成人快手 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Kahchun Wong. -
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B茅la Bart贸k
Melodia from Sonata for solo violin
Performer: Sayaka Shoji. -
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Cantata No.178: Wo Gott der Herr nicht bei uns halt, BWV 178
Singer: Yukari Nonoshita. Singer: Matthew White. Singer: Makoto Sakurada. Singer: Peter Kooij. Choir: Bach Collegium Japan. Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki.- BIS.
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Dmitry Shostakovich
Symphony No. 5 In D Minor Op.47
Orchestra: 成人快手 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Kahchun Wong. -
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Elizabeth Poston
Song of Wisdom (Version for Choir & Organ)
Performer: Oliver Morrell. Lyricist: Anonymous. Lyricist: George Wallace Briggs. Choir: St Albans Cathedral Girls Choir. Choir: Lay Clerks of St. Albans Cathedral Choir. Conductor: Tom Winpenny.- Poston: Carols & Anthems.
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Joseph Haydn
Piano Trio in A major, H XV 18
Ensemble: Beaux Arts Trio.- PHILIPS.
Broadcast
- Fri 9 Feb 2024 19:30成人快手 Radio 3