Live in Concert: BBC NOW on 25th May

[Guest]

BBC NOW - Philippe Manoury, Shostakovich, Debussy
Live from St David's Hall, Cardiff
Presented by Nicola Heywood Thomas

Duration: 2 hours, 30 minutes

The orchestra's Associate Guest Conductor Francois-Xavier Roth brings two works composed in France at either end of the twentieth century. Between them British violinist Daniel Hope performs one of Shostakovich's most enigmatic concertos.

The title of Philippe Manoury's Sound and Fury references Shakespeare's Macbeth, by way of William Faulkner's 1929 novel, and the composer - a protege of Pierre Boulez - describes the work as "studied violence". Shostakovich's First Violin Concerto was composed in the tense atmosphere of post-war Russia, and was kept under wraps until after Stalin's death. Soloist Daniel Hope has recorded the work with the composer's son Maxim and his playing has been compared to that of David Oistrakh, who premiered the concerto in 1955. Debussy's symphonic triptych Images, comprising Gigue, Iberia and Rondes de Printemps, draws upon the folk music of England, France and Spain. It is painted in the composer's unmistakable orchestral colours.

Philippe Manoury: Sound and Fury

7.55 Interval Music

Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No 1
Debussy: Images

Daniel Hope (violin)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Francois-Xavier Roth (conductor).

Hornspieler

[Nick Armstrong]

Why are you shouting?

[Bryn]

Why are you shouting?

Not really shouting, is it? That would involve rather more than BBC NOW to be capitalised. It does appear to be 'making a point' re. an earlier exchange, however.

[Norfolk Born]

Why are you shouting?

Why am I whispering?

[amateur51]

Why are you shouting?

Subtlety is not everyone's strong suit, Caliban

Impeccable post, Hornspieler

Nice programme.

I realise that this is current BBC-speak, does anyone else **shudder** at 'reference' being used as a verb? and 'critique'

[Nick Armstrong]

It does appear to be 'making a point' re. an earlier exchange, however.

Does it?

[Ariosto]

BBC NOW - Philippe Manoury, Shostakovich, Debussy
Live from St David's Hall, Cardiff
Presented by Nicola Heywood Thomas

Duration: 2 hours, 30 minutes

The orchestra's Associate Guest Conductor Francois-Xavier Roth brings two works composed in France at either end of the twentieth century. Between them British violinist Daniel Hope performs one of Shostakovich's most enigmatic concertos.

The title of Philippe Manoury's Sound and Fury references Shakespeare's Macbeth, by way of William Faulkner's 1929 novel, and the composer - a protege of Pierre Boulez - describes the work as "studied violence". Shostakovich's First Violin Concerto was composed in the tense atmosphere of post-war Russia, and was kept under wraps until after Stalin's death. Soloist Daniel Hope has recorded the work with the composer's son Maxim and his playing has been compared to that of David Oistrakh, who premiered the concerto in 1955. Debussy's symphonic triptych Images, comprising Gigue, Iberia and Rondes de Printemps, draws upon the folk music of England, France and Spain. It is painted in the composer's unmistakable orchestral colours.

Philippe Manoury: Sound and Fury

7.55 Interval Music

Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No 1
Debussy: Images

Daniel Hope (violin)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Francois-Xavier Roth (conductor).

Hornspieler

Didn't quite catch that HS!!

Nice concert, and I like Mr Hope. I just hope the BBC NOW are better than in the days when I busked in it.

Thanks for the reminder!!

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

does anyone else **shudder** at 'reference' being used as a verb? and 'critique'

and

[BBMmk2]

I think this looks rather a good programme, actually.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

I think this looks rather a good programme, actually.

Oh, I agree; and I should have made that clear.

[EnemyoftheStoat]

Impeccable post, Hornspieler

Not quite - the date is peccable .... should be 25th May, no?

[amateur51]

Not quite - the date is peccable .... should be 25th May, no?

Apparently so - as salymap has pointed out re another concert alert from this source

[scottycelt]

II realise that this is current BBC-speak, does anyone else **shudder** at 'reference' being used as a verb? and 'critique'

Nope ... this isn't the pedants' corner on Platform 3, you know ...

[MrGongGong]

I realise that this is current BBC-speak, does anyone else **shudder** at 'reference' being used as a verb? and 'critique'

no not really (even without punkchewation )

[Alf-Prufrock]

I realise that this is current BBC-speak, does anyone else **shudder** at 'reference' being used as a verb? and 'critique'

Well, you have missed 'premiere' used as a verb; but then that is an ancient solecism, I suppose, and is now accepted as regular English. It does not make one shudder as it might once have done.
This is what happens in a living language.