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Peteris Vasks, Gavin Higgins and Shostakovich

BBC Symphony Orchestra/Vedernikov

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Alexander Vedernikov close up portrait

Shostakovich’s emotionally-charged epic Fourth Symphony is the centrepiece of a concert that also includes a new concerto for BBCSO Principal Trombonist Helen Vollam.

The BBC Symphony Orchestra principals step into the spotlight this season in a series of solo concerto performances. Launching these is a new Trombone Concerto from young British composer Gavin Higgins, whose bold, punchy textures generate music of thrilling intensity.

Former Bolshoi music director Alexander Vedernikov brings a taste of Russia to the evening in Shostakovich’s sprawling Fourth Symphony, with its spacious orchestral grandeur, while Vasks’s coolly lovely Cantabile For Strings is the contrasting opener.

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Programme

  • Peteris Vasks   Cantabile for Strings
  • Gavin Higgins   Book of Miracles (world premiere; BBC commission)
  • Shostakovich   Symphony No 4

Performers

  • BBC Symphony Orchestra  
  • Alexander Vedernikov   conductor
  • Helen Vollam   trombone

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