Synopsis

The broadcast features works by Bartók, Dvořák, and the contemporary American composer Missy Mazzoli, performed by pianist Jeremy Denk, conductor Karina Canellakis, and the BBC Symphony Orchestra. The program highlights Bartók's vibrant Second Piano Concerto and Dvořák's expansive Eighth Symphony. It begins with Sinfonia (for Orbiting Spheres) by Mazzoli, a composition described as musically mirroring the structure of the solar system.