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Performance on 3: Widmann, Rachmaninov, Shostakovich

Performance on 3: Widmann, Rachmaninov, Shostakovich: Episode 1

Widmann, Rachmaninov, Shostakovich

Episode 1

BBC Radio 3 - Performance on 3, Widmann, Rachmaninov, Shostakovich, Episode 1

The BBC SO under Lawrence Renes perform music by Jorg Widmann and Rachmaninov.

The BBC Symphony Orchestra under Lawrence Renes perform a revised version of Jorg Widmann's Lied, as well as Rachaminov's Rhapsody for piano and orchestra, featuring Stephen Hough.

Presented by Ian Skelly

Jörg Widmann ranks among the finest composers of his generation and in this revised version of 'Lied' he builds a colossal Mahlerian orchestral work around fleeting traces of Schubert melodies. Heightened romanticism is also evident in Rachaminov's rhapsody for piano and orchestra based on Paganini's famous 24th Caprice. The concert ends with Shostakovich's wartime Eighth Symphony, which although was not the upbeat propaganda work the Soviet authorities had hoped for, it is one of the composers most hard-hitting and monumental. 

Jorg Widmann - Lied
Rachmaninov - Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini
Shostakovich - Symphony no.8 in C minor

Stephen Hough (piano)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Lawrence Renes (conductor).

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BBC Symphony Orchestra under Lawrence Renes in Jorg Widmann, Rachmaninov and Shostakovich

The BBC Symphony Orchestra under Lawrence Renes performs a Mahlerian orchestral work by Jorg Widmann, a Rachmaninov work based on Paganini's famous Caprice No 24 and a Shostakovich wartime symphony

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