Episodes
| Title | First Broadcast | Repeated | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Glasshouse: Tailleferre, Sibelius And Dvo\u0159\u00e1k | 20240727 | 20241227 (R3) |
2024 [BBC Proms]
BBC Proms from The Glasshouse: Dinis Sousa conducts the Royal Northern Sinfonia in music by Tailleferre, Sibelius & Dvorak.
Presented by Elizabeth Alker, from The Glasshouse International Centre for Music.
Tailleferre: Little Suite
Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D minor
Dvořák: Symphony No. 8 in G major
Alena Baeva (violin)
Dinis Sousa (conductor)
Orchestras all over the world commissioned symphonies from the pre-eminent Czech composer Antonì?n Dvořà?k. But there was no such commission for one of his most popular, the Symphony No. 8, which he wrote for nobody but himself. For the opening of this weekend-long Proms residency in the North-East, the Gateshead-based Royal Northern Sinfonia brings us the symphony that one conductor described as ‘a work singing of the joy of green pastures'. It's the climax of a programme also featuring the song of fire and ice that is Sibelius's captivating Violin Concerto. The concert opens with the charming and typically French Little Suite by Germaine Tailleferre, the only female member of the group of composers known as ‘Les Six' that emerged in 1920s Paris.
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