27 Sep 2019, MediaCityUK, Salford
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra Studio Concerts Lyadov, Chausson & Rachmaninov
Lyadov, Chausson & Rachmaninov
Antony Hermus conducts music from Lyadov, Chausson and Rachmaninov
Antony Hermus conducts music from Lyadov, Chausson and Rachmaninov
Concert Information
We first hear Lyadov's short tone-poem, Baba Yaga, based on one of the most famous witches in Slavic folklore and a popular (if not terrifying!) figure in children’s fairy-tales, and Aleksey Semenenko is the violin in Chausson’s darkly coloured Poème, generally considered to be the composer’s best-known and most-loved work.
To end, Rachmaninov’s Symphonic Dances. Written only three years before his death, it pulses with exhilarating rhythmic energy and journeys from a ionate Allegro to a ferocious dance of death.