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BBC Radio 3
This concert will be recorded for future broadcast on BBC Radio 3.
Leading Czech conductor Petr Altrichter, Principal Conductor of the Prague Symphony Orchestra, brings his countryman Dvořák's ebullient Eighth Symphony to Aberdeen. The sunniest of Dvořák's symphonies, it is full of lilting melodies and infectious, folk dance inspired rhythms. Australian pianist Piers Lane joins the orchestra in Mozart's delightfully good-humoured E flat concerto. And to celebrate James MacMillan's 50th birthday year, the concert begins with a chance to hear music from our leading composer's most recent opera. This concert is part of sound, North East Scotland's contemporary music festival.
James MacMillan (born 1959)
James MacMillan
James MacMillan CBE, is a Scottish classical composer and conductor.
Mozart (1756-1791)
Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozaart was a prolific and influential Austrian composer of the Classical era. He is among the most enduringly popular of classical composers.
Dvořák (1841-1904)
Dvorak
Antonín Leopold Dvořák was a Czech composer of Romantic music, who employed the idioms and melodies of the folk music of Moravia and his native Bohemia. His works include operas, symphonic, choral and chamber music.
Aberdeen
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Piers Lane
London-based Australian pianist Piers Lane has a flourishing international career which has taken him to more than forty countries. In the past few years, his engagements have included concerto performances at New York’s Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center; a three-recital series called Metamorphoses at London’s Wigmore Hall; the Opening recital of the Sydney International Piano Competition; concerto appearances with the London Philharmonic, City of Birmingham and Halle orchestras among others and festival appearances at Bard and Newport in the USA, Bergen, Elverum and Trondheim in Norway, Como Autumn Music in Italy, Prague Spring, The Ruhr Klavier-Festival and Schloss vor Husum in Germany, La Roque d”Antheron and Paris Chopin in France and Valdemossa Chopin in Majorca.
Petr Altrichter
Principal Conductor of the Brno Philharmonic Orchestra since 2002, Petr Altrichter is one of the Czech Republic’s most distinguished conductors, having made an impressive name for himself through his dynamic and insightful interpretations of the Czech, Russian and German symphonic repertoire in particular.
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Formed in December 1935 by Scottish composer and conductor Ian Whyte, the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra is recognised as one of the UK’s leading orchestras. The winner of several awards, including a Royal Philharmonic Society Award (the only Scottish orchestra to do so) and four Gramophone Awards, its wide repertoire and flexible approach to format means it can perform a complex contemporary piece as a specialist ensemble alongside a major symphonic work. It has a busy broadcasting schedule on BBC Radio 3, BBC Radio Scotland and BBC Television and also records commercially.
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