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Performance on 3: Rimsky-Korsakov, Rozsa, Rachmaninov

Performance on 3: Rimsky-Korsakov, Rozsa, Rachmaninov: Episode 1: BBC SSO/Alexander Titov

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Episode 1: BBC SSO/Alexander Titov

Rimsky-Korsakov, Rozsa, Rachmaninov

BBC SSO/Alexander Titov

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Alexander Titov conducts the BBC SSO in music by Rimsky-Korsakov, Rozsa and Rachmaninov.

Alexander Titov conducts the BBC SSO in Rimsky-Korsakov: The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh; Rozsa: Viola Concerto (soloist - Lawrence Power); Rachmaninov: Symphony No 1.

Presented by Martin Handley

In this live concert from City Halls, Glasgow, the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra plays works from Russia and America. The least well-known of Rachmaninov's symphonies, the First is an incredibly powerful work, bursting with youthful energy. Its premiere, when Rachmaninov was only 24, was famously a disaster and it was never again performed in his lifetime. 

Born in Hungary, Miklós Rózsa wrote many classical works but went to Hollywood in 1939 to work on film scores, and is probably best known for his blockbusters like Ben-Hur and El Cid. His Viola concerto is one of his final works, written in 1979 for the young Pinchas Zukerman. The concert opens with an introduction and interlude from Rimsky-Korsakov's opera which combines the real and the supernatural, history and myth.

Rimsky-Korsakov: The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh (excerpts) 
Rozsa: Viola Concerto 

Lawrence Power (viola )
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Alexander Titov (conductor).

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In a concert from City Halls, Glasgo, the BBC SSO performs music from Russia and America

In a concert from City Halls, Glasgow, the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra performs music from Russia and America - by Rimsky-Korsakov, Rozsa and Rachmaninov

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