Performance on 3 - LSO/Gergiev

Martin Handley presents a concert given at the Barbican Hall, London, for the London Symphony Orchestra's Emigres series, featuring three important works by European emigres in the USA, written in the 1930s and 1940s. Stravinsky's Symphony in Three Movements, with its bold American gloss and material Stravinsky originally intended for Hollywood movie soundtracks, is followed by Schoenberg's Violin Concerto, a highly virtuosic piece that was branded unplayable at the time. These are followed by Rachmaninov's Symphonic Dances, his final composition, and which conjure his Russian homeland. Nikolaj Znaider (violin) London Symphony Orchestra Valery Gergiev (conductor) Stravinsky: Symphony in Three Movements Schoenberg: Violin Concerto Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances Plus recordings by past winners of the RPS awards, which celebrate their 20th anniversary in 2009. Soprano Miah Persson, winner of the Radio 3 Listeners' Award in 2006, sings Mozart arias. Britten: 7 Sonnets of Michelangelo Andrew Kennedy (tenor) Roger Vignoles (piano) Mozart: Schon lacht der Holde Fruhling Miah Persson (soprano) Swedish Chamber Orchestra Sebastian Weigle (conductor)