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Radio 3 Live in Concert: Live from the Bridgewater Hall, Manchester: Episode 1: Borodin

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Episode 1: Borodin

Live from the Bridgewater Hall, Manchester

Borodin

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Mark Elder conducts the Halle. Borodin: Overture (Prince Igor); Symphony No 2.

From the Bridgewater Hall in Manchester. Mark Elder conducts the Halle in an all-Russian programme of music. Borodin: Overture (Prince Igor); Symphony No 2.

Live from the Bridgewater Hall. 
Presented by Stuart Flinders. 

Sir Mark Elder conducts the Hallé in an all-Russian programme of music. The first half of the concert is devoted to two of Borodin's much-loved works, his overture to Prince Igor followed by the Second Symphony. Pianist Sofya Gulyak, the first ever female winner of the Leeds International Piano Competition, joins them in a performance of Tchaikovsky's Concert Fantasy, and the programme concludes with the stirring 1812 overture. 

Borodin Overture: Prince Igor 
Borodin: Symphony No.2 

Sofya Gulyak (piano) 
The Hallé 
Sir Mark Elder (conductor).

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Mark Elder conducts the Halle in an all-Russian programme of music

Stuart Flinders presents a concert in which Mark Elder conducts the Halle in an all-Russian programme of music

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