The CBSO perform Rachamaninov's Symphonic Dances
The CBSO conducted by Alpesh Chauhan present a concert of music from America which includes the Double Timpani Concerto by Philip Glass and works by Carlos Simon and Rachmaninov.
Mark Forrest is at Symphony Hall in Birmingham for a concert from the City of Bimingham Symphony Orchestra conducted by Alpesh Chauhan inspired by the moods and rhythms of dance. Sergei Rachmaninov's Symphonic Dances end their programme, one of his last works, written whilst in America. Before it, we hear a sequence of dances drawing on the social and cultural world of Black America by Carlos Simon. The CBSO's concert begins with a performance of American composer Philip Glass's energetic and challenging Double Timpani Concerto.
Philip Glass - Double Timpani Concerto
Carlos Simon - Four Black American Dances
INTERVAL
Sergei Rachmaninov - Symphonic Dances
Matthew Hardy & Toby Kearney (timpani)
CBSO
Alpesh Chauhan (conductor)
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- Mon 8 Jun 202619:30BBC Radio 3
