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Before the Iron Curtain

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Dalia Stasevska looks to the camera in a conducting action shot. BBC SO branding frames the edge of the image.

BBC Symphony Orchestra Principal Guest Conductor Dalia Stasevska presents music from two titans of Russian music – separated by continents, but not yet the iron curtain.

By the time Sergei Rachmaninov began his Symphony No 3, he had been estranged from Russia for nearly two decades. Having fled during the revolution, his new life in the US and later Switzerland would see just six new compositions – ‘losing my country’, he said, ‘I lost myself also’. A sense of yearning for a lost homeland defines this symphony, with Russian-inflected melodies saturating its rich landscape.

Dmitri Shostakovich’s Piano Concerto No 1 is a musical contemporary of the Rachmaninov, though Shostakovich remained in Russia. A double concerto, featuring solo trumpet as well as piano, its style looks back not to a forgotten Russian, but to Baroque, Classical and folk music of centuries past. Tonight’s concert begins with a remarkable piece of Soviet Futurism, in which the whole orchestra imitates the sounds of a factory floor.
 

Tagged with: Classical music BBC Symphony Orchestra Multibuy - Jan-Jul 2022 BBC Symphony Orchestra

This performance ends at approximately 9.30pm, with a 20-minute interval

Produced by the BBC Symphony Orchestra

Programme*

  • Alexander Mosolov   Iron Foundry (machine music)
  • Dmitri Shostakovich   Piano Concerto No 1
  • Sergei Rachmaninov   Symphony No 3

*Please note this programme has changed from as it was initially advertised, due to social distancing requirements on the stage. 10/01/2022

Performers

  • BBC Symphony Orchestra  
  • Dalia Stasevska   conductor
  • Marie-Ange Nguci   piano
  • Philip Cobb   trumpet

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