Jess Gillam with Vasily Petrenko
Vasily Petrenko joined saxophonist and presenter Jess Gillam on BBC Radio 3’s This Classical Life. On 30 May, he joins Jess to share some of his favourite music, giving a conductor’s insight into the big works of Shostakovich and Beethoven, and revealing more eclectic tastes with tracks by Björk and Pink Floyd. Jess, meanwhile, plays Vasily some Vivaldi and Duke Ellington, and music for saxophone and orchestra by the Finnish composer Kalevi Aho.
The Arts Desk’s Graham Rickson has praised the “luxuriant” form of Vasily Petrenko and the Royal Philharmonic on Prokofiev & Shor, the new album with pianist Behzod Abduraimov available on Alpha Classics. He writes, “Petrenko understands the first movement’s debt...
Vasily Petrenko and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra gave a “blistering, multi-hued” performance of Shostakovich’s epic 7th Symphony in C Major, Op. 6 “Leningrad” at London’s Southbank Centre’s Multitudes Festival. The symphony was illustrated with imagery by Russian...
Vasily Petrenko conducts the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at the 2025 BBC Proms. They will take the Royal Albert Hall audience on a musical tour of Europe, performing works by Respighi, Milhaud and Vaughan Williams on 7 September, 2025. The programme includes...