Prom 69: Boston Symphony Orchestra Bernstein and Shostakovich
Live at 91Èȱ¬ Proms: Boston Symphony Orchestra and Andris Nelsons in Shostakovich's Fourth Symphony and joined by Baiba Skride in Bernstein's Serenade after Plato's 'Symposium
Live at 91Èȱ¬ Proms: Boston Symphony Orchestra and Andris Nelsons in Shostakovich's Fourth Symphony and joined by Baiba Skride in Bernstein's Serenade after Plato's 'Symposium
Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Presented by Andrew McGregor
Bernstein: Serenade after Plato's 'Symposium
c.8pm: Interval: Martin Sixsmith investigates how the idea, image and interpretation of Stalin have haunted Russia.
c.8.20pm:
Shostakovich: Symphony No 4 in C minor
Baiba Skride, violin
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Andris Nelsons, conductor
This second concert by Andris Nelsons and the Boston Symphony Orchestra sets Bernstein’s intensely lyrical Serenade (after Plato’s ‘Symposium’) for solo violin and orchestra – a work composed for Isaac Stern and performed here by the prize-winning Latvian violinist Baiba Skride – alongside Shostakovich’s uncompromising Fourth Symphony. This dazzling musical manifesto of the composer’s modernist beliefs was withdrawn under duress before its scheduled 1936 premiere and wasn’t heard publicly until 25 years later.
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Stalin's Ghost
Duration: 20:10
Music Played
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Leonard Bernstein
Serenade (after Plato's 'Symposium')
Performer: Baiba Skride. Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andris Nelsons. -
Dmitry Shostakovich
Symphony No 4 in C minor
Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andris Nelsons. -
Igor Stravinsky
Three Dances from A Soldier's Tale
Performer: Aloys Kontarsky. Performer: Eduard Brunner. Performer: Gidon Kremer.- Gidon Kremer: Edition Lockenhaus, Vol. 1/2.
- ECM New Series.
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Dmitry Shostakovich
Tango (The Bolt)
Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.- Shostakovich: Cheryomushki; The Bolt; etc.
- Decca.
Broadcast
- Mon 3 Sep 2018 19:3091Èȱ¬ Radio 3
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