TCHAIKOVSKY & SHOSTAKOVICH Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No 1 • Concerto Piano Rhif 1 Shostakovich Symphony No 10 • Symffoni Rhif 10
Conductor • Arweinydd Thomas Søndergård Piano Igor Levit For the second concert in our piano series, we welcome Igor Levit for Tchaikovsky’s thrillingly romantic first piano concerto. Little did Tchaikovsky know, when composing its recognisable opening chords, that he’d created a work that would become the first classical song to sell a million records.
Ar ail noson ein cyfres piano, rhown groeso i Igor Levit ar gyfer concerto piano cyntaf gwefreiddiol o ramantaidd Tchaikovsky. Bychan a wyddai Tchaikovsky, pan oedd yn sgrifennu ei gordiau agoriadol trawiadol, iddo greu gwaith a ddeuai’r gân glasurol gyntaf i werthu miliwn o recordiau.
Shostakovich’s tenth symphony is considered by most to be a depiction of Stalin’s rule of Russia. It is testament to the composer’s legacy of music that chronicles one of the most turbulent reigns in recent history, inspiring in its ability to find optimism in the bleakest of situations.
Mae’r rhan fwyaf o bobol yn ystyried mai darlun o deyrnasiad Stalin yn Rwsia ydi Degfed Symffoni Shostakovich. Mae’n dyst i gynhysgaeth y cyfansoddwr o gerddoriaeth sy’n croniclo un o’r teyrnasiadau mwyaf terfysglyd mewn hanes diweddar, sy’n ysbrydoli o ran gallu cael gobaith yn y sefyllfaoedd llymaf.
6.30PM Talk: In the words of BBC NOW players • Sgwrs: Yng ngeiriau chwaraewyr Cerddorfa’r BBC yng Nghymru
12.03.15 - 7.30pm