Performance on 3 - RSNO, Stephane Deneve

Presented by Ian Skelly Stéphane Denève conducts the RNSO and Natalie Clein in Schumann's Symphony No4 Elgar's Cello Concerto and Janáček's Taras Bulba. The RSNO completes its cycle of Schumann symphonies with the Fourth, one of the most innovative and influential of all his works by reason of its extraordinary structure in which all four movements are thoroughly integrated. Natalie Clein joins the Orchestra for the stirring, elegiac Elgar Cello Concerto. And, to bring the orchestra's current season to a spectacular close, Janáček's powerful orchestral rhapsody Taras Bulba: a true celebration of the insurmountable Cossack spirit. Schumann: Symphony No4 Elgar: Cello Concerto Janáček: Taras Bulba Royal Scottish National Orchestra Stéphane Denève (conductor) Followed by: The art of organ improvisation Scherzo from an improvised Symphony for organ, 1963 Pierre Cochereau at the organ of Notre Dame, Paris PHILIPS 4762363 CD 6 Tr 2 Prelude, Adagio and Variations on “Old Macdonald had a farm” David Briggs at the organ of Gloucester Cathedral, 2001 Cherokee (Noble, Ray) Improvised on by Bryan Rodwell (organ) Tiger Rag (La Rocca, Nick) Improvised on by Richard Hills (organ)