
Episode 2
With Louise Fryer. Arriaga: Overture (Los esclavos felices). Rodrigo: Concierto en modo galante. Ravel: Alborada del gracioso. Shostakovich: King Lear. Plus Tchaikovsky.
Louise Fryer introduces performances by the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Philharmonic with a Spanish thread inspired by the orchestra's new Basque-born Chief Conductor Juanjo Mena. There's music by Spanish composers from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and also by Maurice Ravel whose mother was Basque and who was inspired by Spain throughout his life.
Plus Shostakovich and Tchaikovsky's musical interpretations of Shakespearean protagonists, King Lear and Hamlet.
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Music Played
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Arriaga
'overture' from Los Esclavos felices
Conductor: Gianandrea Noseda Performer: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Philharmonic Orchestra
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JoaquÃn Rodrigo
Concierto en modo galante
Performer;: Asier Polo (cello) Conductor: Juanjo Mena Performer: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Philharmonic Orchestra
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Maurice Ravel
Alborada del gracioso - no.4 of "Miroirs"
Conductor: Gianandrea Noseda Performer: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Philharmonic Orchestra
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Maurice Ravel
Concerto for piano (left hand)
Performer: Nelson Goerner (piano) Conductor: Arvo Volmer Performer: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Philharmonic Orchestra
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Dmitry Shostakovich
King Lear [Korol' Lir] - film score (Op.137)
Conductor: Gianadrea Noseda Performer: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Philharmonic Orchestra
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Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Hamlet - fantasy overture (Op.67)
Conductor: Vassily Sinaisky Performer: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Philharmonic Orchestra
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Dmitry Shostakovich
Symphony no. 15 (Op.141)
Conductor: Vassily Sinaisky Performer: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Philharmonic Orchestra
Broadcast
- Tue 24 Jan 2012 14:00ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 3