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Performance on 3: Mozart, Shostakovich

Performance on 3: Mozart, Shostakovich: Episode 1: Part 1

Mozart, Shostakovich

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BBC Philharmonic/Gunther Herbig and Shai Wosner (piano) in Mozart's Piano Concerto No 21.

Presented by Louise Fryer. In a concert from Manchester's Bridgewater Hall, Gunther Herbig conducts the BBC Philharmonic and pianist Shai Wosner in Mozart's Piano Concerto No 21.

Presented by Louise Fryer

Live from the Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, the BBC Philharmonic is joined by conductor Gunther Herbig, who has a long standing relationship with the orchestra, and has worked with many of the major international ensembles. As a previous Principal Guest conductor of the orchestra, he introduces an artist making his debut with the BBC Philharmonic, the American pianist Shai Wosner.

Wosner, a former Radio 3 New Generation Artist, performs one of Mozart's most popular piano concertos. Gunther Herbig then explores Shostakovich's Fourth Symphony. Written in 1936 but withdrawn by the composer before performance after difficulties with the Soviet regime, it was finally performed after the death of Stalin in 1961. In this massive work Shostakovich uses his huge orchestra to unforgettable effect. 

Mozart: Piano concerto No 21 in C, K467 
Shostakovich: Symphony No 4

BBC Philharmonic
Shai Wosner (piano)
conductor Gunther Herbig.

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Gunther Herbig conducts the BBC Philharmonic in music by Mozart and Shostakovich

In a concert from the Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, Gunther Herbig conducts the BBC Philharmonic in one of Mozart's most popular piano concertos and Shostakovich's massive Fourth Symphony

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