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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Track No.	Track Title/Details	Duration	Sample	Download Track
	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, composer

Zhang Xiao Ming, piano

Michael Province, violin

Simone Porter, violin

Nathan Chan, cello

Northern Sinfonia, chamber orchestra

Alexander Prior, conductor