Organization

Conductor

Alexander Vedernikov (II)

Singer

Nikolaï Lugansky

Piano

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BBC Symphony Orchestra

Barbican Centre

BBC SO/Vedernikov

London

United Kingdom

Barbican Concert Hall

BBC SO/Vedernikov: Piano Concerto No. 3 Medtner (+2 More)

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Piano Concerto No. 3

Symphony in C

Symphony No. 4, op. 54 ("The Poem of Ecstasy")

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Stravinsky’s symphonic workout meets Scriabin’s triumphant hymn to the glory of mankind in a concert of Russian artists exploring Russian sounds.

Any performance of Alexander Scriabin’s Poem of Ecstasy is enough to win the composer legions of new fans. Scriabin’s signature work is a triumphant hymn to the glory of mankind – a rhapsody on human affirmation delivered by an orchestra seasoned with bells, organ and blazing brass.

Conductor Alexander Vedernikov contextualizes this calorific Russian masterpiece with Stravinsky’s slim and elegant Symphony in C and a rare treat: a piano concerto in the form of a free-spirited fantasy, written by a Russian composer here in London. To play Medtner’s concerto we welcome the embodiment of the Russian virtuoso tradition, Nikolai Lugansky.

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BBC SO/Vedernikov by Medtner, N. K., Stravinsky, Scriabin, From (2021/2021), Conductor Alexander Vedernikov (II), Barbican Centre, London, United Kingdom

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