Live From The Barbican [Performance On 3]

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Shepherd, Copland

20101126

LIVE - from The Barbican Hall in London. Presented by Catherine Bott.

The BBC Symphony Orchestra, under conductor Oliver Knussen, with a programme very much inspired by Emily Dickinson's poetry, rendered by soprano Claire Booth and mezzo-soprano Susan Bickley: Copland's setting of her verses in Eight Poems, and Julian Anderson's Heaven is Shy of Earth, a world premiere of the revised work, critically acclaimed when it was premiered in 2006. Opening the concert though is Sean Shepherd's Wanderlust, an exhuberant tour de force for orchestra.

SEAN SHEPHERD: Wanderlust (European premiere)

AARON COPLAND: Eight poems of Emily Dickinson

Claire Booth soprano

Susan Bickley mezzo-soprano

BBC Symphony Chorus

Oliver Knussen conductor.

BBC SO/Oliver Knussen in Sean Shepherd: Wanderlust. Copland: 8 Poems of Emily Dickinson.

Performance on 3 has been replaced by Radio 3 Live in Concert.

Stravinsky, Dalbavie

20101217

Presented by Petroc Trelawny live from the Barbican, London

Moscow-born Alexei Ogrintchouk's cuttings book includes superlative reviews and details of a glittering solo and orchestral career. He joins the BBC Symphony Orchestra and its Chief Conductor to give the premiere of a new Oboe Concerto by Marc-Andr退 Dalbavie, explorer of 'spectral music' and discoverer of breathtaking realms of sound. Premiered in 1947 as Russia was reeling from the after effects of the Second World War, Prokofiev's 6th Symphony is widely regarded as his masterpiece.

STRAVINSKY: Dumbarton Oaks

MARC-ANDRE DALBAVIE: Oboe Concerto (BBC/Borletti-Buitoni Trust co-commission: world premiere)

Alexei Ogrintchouk, oboe

Jiri Belohlကvek, conductor.

Jiri Belohlavek conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in Stravinsky and Dalbavie.

Performance on 3 has been replaced by Radio 3 Live in Concert.

Takemitsu, Larcher

20110304

Live from London's Barbican Centre

Presented by Martin Handley

Kazuki Yamada, winner of the 2009 Besan瀀on Conducting Competition, makes his much anticipated BBC Symphony Orchestra Barbican debut with a strikingly imaginative combination of works spanning just over a century of music. The 30-year-old's programme opens with Takemitsu's Requiem for string orchestra (1957) and includes the UK premiere of Thomas Larcher's beautiful Violin Concerto, written for Isabelle Faust and first performed by her in 2009.

Takemitsu Requiem for String Orchestra

Thomas Larcher Concerto for Violin and Orchestra (UK premiere)

Isabelle Faust (violin), BBC Symphony Orchestra, Kazuki Yamada (conductor).

Kazuki Yamada leads the BBC Symphony Orchestra in music by Takemitsu and Thomas Larcher.

Performance on 3 has been replaced by Radio 3 Live in Concert.

Julian Anderson

20101126

LIVE - from The Barbican Hall in London. Presented by Catherine Bott.

JULIAN ANDERSON: Heaven is Shy of Earth (World premiere of revised work)

Claire Booth soprano

Susan Bickley mezzo-soprano

BBC Symphony Chorus

Oliver Knussen conductor.

Oliver Knussen conducts the BBC SO in Julian Anderson's Heaven Is Shy of Earth.

Performance on 3 has been replaced by Radio 3 Live in Concert.

Prokofiev

20101217

Presented by Petroc Trelawny live from the Barbican, London

PROKOFIEV: Symphony No 6 in E flat minor

Alexei Ogrintchouk, oboe

Jiri Belohlကvek, conductor.

Jiri Belohlavek conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in Prokofiev's Sixth Symphony.

Performance on 3 has been replaced by Radio 3 Live in Concert.

Rachmaninov

20110304

Live from London's Barbican Centre

Presented by Martin Handley

Rachmaninov Symphony no. 2 in E minor

Isabelle Faust (violin), BBC Symphony Orchestra, Kazuki Yamada (conductor).

Kazuki Yamada conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in Rachmaninov's Symphony No 2.

Performance on 3 has been replaced by Radio 3 Live in Concert.

Episodes

Episode	Title	First Broadcast	Comments
01	Shepherd, Copland	20101126	LIVE - from The Barbican Hall in London. Presented by Catherine Bott. The BBC Symphony Orchestra, under conductor Oliver Knussen, with a programme very much inspired by Emily Dickinson's poetry, rendered by soprano Claire Booth and mezzo-soprano Susan Bickley: Copland's setting of her verses in Eight Poems, and Julian Anderson's Heaven is Shy of Earth, a world premiere of the revised work, critically acclaimed when it was premiered in 2006. Opening the concert though is Sean Shepherd's Wanderlust, an exhuberant tour de force for orchestra. SEAN SHEPHERD: Wanderlust (European premiere) AARON COPLAND: Eight poems of Emily Dickinson Claire Booth soprano Susan Bickley mezzo-soprano BBC Symphony Chorus Oliver Knussen conductor. BBC SO/Oliver Knussen in Sean Shepherd: Wanderlust. Copland: 8 Poems of Emily Dickinson. Performance on 3 has been replaced by Radio 3 Live in Concert.
01	Stravinsky, Dalbavie	20101217	Presented by Petroc Trelawny live from the Barbican, London Moscow-born Alexei Ogrintchouk's cuttings book includes superlative reviews and details of a glittering solo and orchestral career. He joins the BBC Symphony Orchestra and its Chief Conductor to give the premiere of a new Oboe Concerto by Marc-Andr退 Dalbavie, explorer of 'spectral music' and discoverer of breathtaking realms of sound. Premiered in 1947 as Russia was reeling from the after effects of the Second World War, Prokofiev's 6th Symphony is widely regarded as his masterpiece. STRAVINSKY: Dumbarton Oaks MARC-ANDRE DALBAVIE: Oboe Concerto (BBC/Borletti-Buitoni Trust co-commission: world premiere) Alexei Ogrintchouk, oboe Jiri Belohlကvek, conductor. Jiri Belohlavek conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in Stravinsky and Dalbavie. Performance on 3 has been replaced by Radio 3 Live in Concert.
01	Takemitsu, Larcher	20110304	Live from London's Barbican Centre Presented by Martin Handley Kazuki Yamada, winner of the 2009 Besan瀀on Conducting Competition, makes his much anticipated BBC Symphony Orchestra Barbican debut with a strikingly imaginative combination of works spanning just over a century of music. The 30-year-old's programme opens with Takemitsu's Requiem for string orchestra (1957) and includes the UK premiere of Thomas Larcher's beautiful Violin Concerto, written for Isabelle Faust and first performed by her in 2009. Takemitsu Requiem for String Orchestra Thomas Larcher Concerto for Violin and Orchestra (UK premiere) Isabelle Faust (violin), BBC Symphony Orchestra, Kazuki Yamada (conductor). Kazuki Yamada leads the BBC Symphony Orchestra in music by Takemitsu and Thomas Larcher. Performance on 3 has been replaced by Radio 3 Live in Concert.
02	Julian Anderson	20101126	LIVE - from The Barbican Hall in London. Presented by Catherine Bott. The BBC Symphony Orchestra, under conductor Oliver Knussen, with a programme very much inspired by Emily Dickinson's poetry, rendered by soprano Claire Booth and mezzo-soprano Susan Bickley: Copland's setting of her verses in Eight Poems, and Julian Anderson's Heaven is Shy of Earth, a world premiere of the revised work, critically acclaimed when it was premiered in 2006. Opening the concert though is Sean Shepherd's Wanderlust, an exhuberant tour de force for orchestra. JULIAN ANDERSON: Heaven is Shy of Earth (World premiere of revised work) Claire Booth soprano Susan Bickley mezzo-soprano BBC Symphony Chorus Oliver Knussen conductor. Oliver Knussen conducts the BBC SO in Julian Anderson's Heaven Is Shy of Earth. Performance on 3 has been replaced by Radio 3 Live in Concert.
02	Prokofiev	20101217	Presented by Petroc Trelawny live from the Barbican, London Moscow-born Alexei Ogrintchouk's cuttings book includes superlative reviews and details of a glittering solo and orchestral career. He joins the BBC Symphony Orchestra and its Chief Conductor to give the premiere of a new Oboe Concerto by Marc-Andr退 Dalbavie, explorer of 'spectral music' and discoverer of breathtaking realms of sound. Premiered in 1947 as Russia was reeling from the after effects of the Second World War, Prokofiev's 6th Symphony is widely regarded as his masterpiece. PROKOFIEV: Symphony No 6 in E flat minor Alexei Ogrintchouk, oboe Jiri Belohlကvek, conductor. Jiri Belohlavek conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in Prokofiev's Sixth Symphony. Performance on 3 has been replaced by Radio 3 Live in Concert.
02	Rachmaninov	20110304	Live from London's Barbican Centre Presented by Martin Handley Kazuki Yamada, winner of the 2009 Besan瀀on Conducting Competition, makes his much anticipated BBC Symphony Orchestra Barbican debut with a strikingly imaginative combination of works spanning just over a century of music. The 30-year-old's programme opens with Takemitsu's Requiem for string orchestra (1957) and includes the UK premiere of Thomas Larcher's beautiful Violin Concerto, written for Isabelle Faust and first performed by her in 2009. Rachmaninov Symphony no. 2 in E minor Isabelle Faust (violin), BBC Symphony Orchestra, Kazuki Yamada (conductor). Kazuki Yamada conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in Rachmaninov's Symphony No 2. Performance on 3 has been replaced by Radio 3 Live in Concert.