Live from the Barbican Centre, London
Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch
The BBC Symphony Orchestra under Sakari Oramo perform Dukas's Sorcerer's Apprentice and Bartok's Concerto for Orchestra, with violinist Gil Shaham joining for Bright Sheng's Let Fly
Dukas: The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Bright Sheng: Let Fly (BBC commission: UK premiere)
c.8.05 INTERVAL - The BBC Singers conducted by James Morgan perform Hungarian choral music
Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo (conductor)
Gil Shaham (violin)
This kaleidoscopic programme will delight old and young alike, from Dukas's vividly imagined The Sorcerer's Apprentice to Bartók's dizzingly virtuoso celebration of the symphony orchestra. Far-Eastern colours and sonorities give Chinese-born composer Bright Sheng's music a distinctive appeal. Sakari Oramo is joined by distinguished Israeli-American violinist Gil Shaham for a performance of the composer's recent violin concerto, Let Fly
Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch
The BBC Symphony Orchestra under Sakari Oramo perform Dukas's Sorcerer's Apprentice and Bartok's Concerto for Orchestra, with violinist Gil Shaham joining for Bright Sheng's Let Fly
Dukas: The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Bright Sheng: Let Fly (BBC commission: UK premiere)
c.8.05 INTERVAL - The BBC Singers conducted by James Morgan perform Hungarian choral music
Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo (conductor)
Gil Shaham (violin)
This kaleidoscopic programme will delight old and young alike, from Dukas's vividly imagined The Sorcerer's Apprentice to Bartók's dizzingly virtuoso celebration of the symphony orchestra. Far-Eastern colours and sonorities give Chinese-born composer Bright Sheng's music a distinctive appeal. Sakari Oramo is joined by distinguished Israeli-American violinist Gil Shaham for a performance of the composer's recent violin concerto, Let Fly