Radio 3 in Concert

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Radio 3 in Concert: The Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

The Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

BBC Radio 3 - Radio 3 in Concert, The Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

Ravel, Stravinsky and Saint-Saëns from the Bournemouth Symphony and pianist Simon Trpčeski

The Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra plays Stravinsky's The Fairy's Kiss, Ravel's La Valse and Vales nobles et sentimentales and pianist Simon Trpčeski joins them for  Saint-Saëns.

From the Lighthouse in Poole: Andrew Litton conducts a fascinating programme in which Stravinsky reveals his love for Tchaikovsky and Ravel pays hommage to Schubert before deconstructing the gilded world of the Viennese Waltz. And between the Stravinsky and Ravel, the brilliant Macedonian pianist Simon Trpčeski joins the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra for a concerto which reveals Saint-Saëns admiration for the music of JS Bach.

Ravel greatly admired Schubert’s collection of Valses nobles and Valses sentimentales, inspiring him to write his own cycle of eight solo piano waltzes which he later orchestrated – each a sparkling jewel. His “choreographic poem” La Valse, however, is a dizzying parody of the Viennese waltz, unable to control the wild inertia of its own energy, the piece tears itself apart from within. Saint-Saëns’s Second Piano Concerto serves as a perfect example of the French composer’s elegant style and its composition was intertwined with his friendship with the pianist Anton Rubinstein, the founder of the St Petersburg Conservatory and composition teacher of Tchaikovsky. And it's piano pieces and songs by Tchaikovsky that Stravinsky lovingly arranged for his ballet and divertimento The Fairy's Kiss.

Introduced by Martin Handley.

Stravinsky: Divertimento from The Fairy's Kiss
Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No.2 in G minor Op.22 
Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales
Ravel: La Valse

Simon Trpčeski (piano)
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Andrew Litton (conductor)

Recorded 10 April 2024.

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