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 Concerto <i>Velesslavitsa</i>
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Concerto Velesslavitsa
PRIOR, Alexander

Catalogue Number: TOCC0109
EAN: 5060113441096
Release Date: 12 October 2009
Duration: 46:41

Velesslavitsa, Concerto for piano, two violins and cello

Zhang Xiao Ming, piano
Michael Province, violin
Simone Porter, violin
Nathan Chan, cello
Northern Sinfonia
Alexander Prior, conductor

In spring 2009 Channel 4 sent the sixteen-year-old British-Russian composer-conductor Alex Prior around the world: his task, to find ‘The World’s Greatest Musical Prodigies’ for a TV series with that title and to compose a concerto for them, which Alex would conduct. The resulting work, Velesslavitsa (the title means 'Glory to Veles', the god of music in ancient Slav cultures), is steeped in the Russian Romantic tradition, with echoes especially of Mussorgsky and Rimsky-Korsakov. This live recording features the ten-year-old Chinese pianist Zhang Xiao Ming, the American violinists Simone Porter and Michael Province, twelve and thirteen, and the fifteen-year American cellist Nathan Chan.

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  Velesslavitsa, Concerto for piano, two violins and cello (2008)
Alexander Prior, composer
Zhang Xiao Ming, piano
Michael Province, violin
Simone Porter, violin
Nathan Chan, cello
Northern Sinfonia
Alexander Prior, conductor
46:41
1 I. Maestoso – Allegro 17:14
2 II. Grave 17:47
3 III. Presto 11:40

Artists

Alexander Prior

Alexander Prior, composer

Zhang Xiao Ming

Zhang Xiao Ming, piano

Michael Province

Michael Province, violin

Simone Porter

Simone Porter, violin

Nathan Chan

Nathan Chan, cello

Northern Sinfonia

Northern Sinfonia, chamber orchestra

Alexander Prior

Alexander Prior, conductor

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