Episodes
| Episode | Title | First Broadcast | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | BBC Sso, Ives, Ravel, Shostakovich - Part 1 | 20140625 | Live from St Magnus Cathedral as part of the St Magnus International Festival, Orkney. Part of Radio 3's WWI season, Music in the Great War. Presented by Jamie MacDougall 19.30 Ives - The Unanswered Question Ravel - Le Tombeau de Couperin 20.00 Interval 20.20 Shostakovich - Symphony No 14 Joan Rodgers Sergei Leiferkus BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Thomas Dausgaard Completing its residency at the St Magnus International Festival in Orkney, the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Thomas Dausgaard, one of the world's most renowned conductors, directs the BBC SSO in what promises to be an intense and moving event. Ives' iconic and atmospheric work displaces the musicians around the cathedral to pose the 'ultimate question of existence' whilst Ravel's dazzling orchestration of his earlier piano work conjures up memories of friends lost in battle in WWI. After the interval in this very apt setting, we hear Shostakovich's powerful, dark and haunting reflections on the subject of death. Soprano Joan Rodgers and Baritone Sergei Leiferkus bring the poetry to life in the music. The BBC SSO under Thomas Dausgaard in music by Ives and Ravel. Presenting exciting live musical events from all over the world |
| 02 | BBC Sso, Ives, Ravel, Shostakovich - Part 2 | 20140625 | Live from St Magnus Cathedral as part of the St Magnus International Festival, Orkney. Part of Radio 3's WWI season, Music in the Great War. Presented by Jamie MacDougall 19.30 Ives - The Unanswered Question Ravel - Le Tombeau de Couperin 20.00 Interval 20.20 Shostakovich - Symphony No 14 Joan Rodgers Sergei Leiferkus BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Thomas Dausgaard Completing its residency at the St Magnus International Festival in Orkney, the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Thomas Dausgaard, one of the world's most renowned conductors, directs the BBC SSO in what promises to be an intense and moving event. Ives' iconic and atmospheric work displaces the musicians around the cathedral to pose the 'ultimate question of existence' whilst Ravel's dazzling orchestration of his earlier piano work conjures up memories of friends lost in battle in WWI. After the interval in this very apt setting, we hear Shostakovich's powerful, dark and haunting reflections on the subject of death. Soprano Joan Rodgers and Baritone Sergei Leiferkus bring the poetry to life in the music. BBC SSO under Thomas Dausgaard in Shostakovich: Symphony No 14. Presenting exciting live musical events from all over the world |