Tonight Paul brings us amongst other works a 20th century work that has vastly exceeded the expected lifetime sales of a typical symphonic recording with sales to date in excess of a million copies – Gorecki ‘s Symphony of Sorrowful Songs
Gorecki: Symphony No.3 ‘Symphony of Sorrowful Songs’
Vaughan Williams: Four Last Songs
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 in minor, Op. 74 ‘Pathetique’
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Ruby Hughes (soprano)
Jennifer Johnston (mezzo-soprano)
Osmo Vanska (conductor)
RTÉ lyric fm, Wednesday 30 October, 8pm-10pm