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Vaughan Williams Symphonies Nos 4, 5 and 6

Part of Andrew Manze’s extraordinary re-evaluation of the complete Vaughan Williams's symphonies with the Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Scottish Symphony Orchestra.

In 2020, Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Radio 3 is bringing together musical greats, from the past and the present, in one extraordinary Proms season. Radio 3 is broadcasting the best of four decades of unmissable Proms concerts. At the 2012 season Andrew Manze tackled three very different, powerful symphonies by Vaughan Williams which, whatever their own emotional back-stories, may still be seen as chronicling our national life in troubled times. While he was Associate Guest Conductor of the Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Manze conducted all nine Vaughan Williams symphonies, commenting: "Vaughan Williams is one of those composers some people have fixed ideas about… I’m on a bit of a mission to rehabilitate him in people’s minds as an important figure in the music-making of this country".

Presented by Hannah French

7.30pm
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 4 in F minor
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 5 in D major

c.8.50pm
Interval

c.9.05pm
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 6 in E minor

Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Manze (conductor)

(From Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Proms 2012, 16 August)

2 hours, 28 minutes

Music Played

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Symphony No.4 in F minor

    Orchestra: Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Manze.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Symphony No.5 in D major

    Orchestra: Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Manze.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Symphony No.6 in E minor

    Orchestra: Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Manze.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata in A flat major, Op 110

    Performer: Alfred Brendel.
    • Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.5/Sonata Op.110: Brendel/Levine.
    • Philips.
    • 4.

Broadcast

  • Wed 12 Aug 2020 19:30

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