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The CBSO perform Rachmaninov'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.

Linton Stephens is at Symphony Hall in Birmingham for a concert from the City of Birmingham 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 - Fantasy for Two Timpanists and Orchestra
Carlos Simon - Four Black American Dances

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Sergei Rachmaninov - Symphonic Dances

Matthew Hardy & Toby Kearney (timpani)
CBSO
Alpesh Chauhan (conductor)

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Music Played

  • Philip Glass

    Concerto Fantasy for Two Timpanists and Orchestra

    Performer: Matthew Hardy. Performer: Toby Kearney. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Alpesh Chauhan.

  • John Corigliano

    Gazebo Dances

    Performer: Anastasiia Larchikova. Performer: Mykhailo Diordiiev.
    • Four Hands. Two Hearts. One Hope.
    • Reference Recordings.
    • 102.

  • Carlos Simon

    Four Black American Dances

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Alpesh Chauhan.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Symphonic Dances, Op 45

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Alpesh Chauhan.

  • Franz Schubert

    Quartet in E flat, D.87

    Ensemble: Chaos String Quartet.

Broadcast

  • Yesterday 19:30
    BBC Radio 3