Performance on 3 - LSO - Bizet, Shchedrin, Mussorgsky

Presented by Martin Handley Valery Gergiev conducts the London Symphony Orchestra in a concert which opens with a Russian reworking of a French masterpiece as Rodion Shchedrin's ballet version of Carmen distorts Bizet's original with a vastly expanded percussion section. Shchedrin's 5th Piano Concerto is performed by Tchaikovsky Competition prize-winner Denis Matsuev and the concert ends with a French reworking of a Russian masterpiece with Mussorgsky's famous exhibition re-coloured by Ravel. Bizet arr.Rodion Shchedrin - Carmen Suite Rodion Shchedrin - Piano Concerto No 5 Mussorgsky orchestrated Ravel - Pictures at an Exhibition Denis Matsuev (piano) London Symphony Orchestra Valery Gergiev (conductor) Followed by performances from La Roque d'Antheron International Piano Festival in France.