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Vasily Petrenko conducts Rachmaninov and Shostakovich

Vasily Petrenko conducts Shostakovich’s Cello Concerto, with soloist Alexey Stadler, and Rachmaninov’s Third Symphony, before the world premiere of Emily Howard’s Torus.

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Â鶹ÊÓƵAV Proms: ‘A composer’s music should express his love affairs, his religion, the books that have influenced him, the pictures he loves.’ So said Rachmaninov, whose Third Symphony does just that through irrepressible yearning and longing. It forms the culmination of this performance from the 2016 Proms archive, in which the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and its Russian Chief Conductor performed Shostakovich’s disquieting First Cello Concerto, joined by cellist Alexey Stadler. The concert opens with Liverpool-born Emily Howard’s Torus, inspired by the doughnut-shaped form of ‘the whole with a hole’.

Presented by Andrew McGregor

Emily Howard: Torus (Concerto for Orchestra) (world premiere)
Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No. 1
Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 3

Alexey Stadler (cello)
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Vasily Petrenko (conductor)

(From the Â鶹ÊÓƵAV Proms 2016, 8 September)

2 hours, 28 minutes

Music Played

  • Emily Howard

    Torus

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Cello Concerto No.1 in E flat major, Op.107

    Performer: Alexey Stadler. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Sarabande (Cello Suite No. 2 in D minor, BWV.1008)

    Performer: Alexey Stadler.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Symphony No.3 in A minor, Op.44

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko.
  • Vincent Youmans

    Tahiti Trot (Tea for Two)

    Orchestrator: Dmitry Shostakovich. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko.
  • Robert Schumann

    Concertstuck in F major Op.86 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Markus Maskuniitty. Performer: Martin Schöpfer. Performer: Kristofer Öberg. Performer: Mónica Berenguer Caro. Orchestra: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
    • Schumann, Saint-Saëns & Glière: Works for Horn & Orchestra.
    • Ondine.
    • 101.

Broadcast

  • Thu 27 Aug 2020 19:30

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