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ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra in Bad Kissingen

Soprano Kate Royal and violinist Leonidas Kavakos join the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ SO on tour at the German spa town of Bad Kissingen. Penny Gore presents their concert of music from Mozart to Lehar.

Penny Gore presents a week of Afternoon on 3 featuring recent tour concerts and studio recordings by the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra, plus on Friday the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ National Orchestra of Wales on tour in China just this week.

Recurring features across the week include music by Dvorak's son-in-law Josef Suk; and new ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ SO recordings with composer-conductor Oliver Knussen, celebrating his 60th birthday on 12 June this year by conducting one of his own works (today) plus French and Russian music.

To launch the week today, the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ SO and their outgoing Chief Conductor Jiri Belohlavek are joined on tour at the German spa town of Bad Kissingen by soprano Kate Royal and violinist Leonidas Kavakos. Their concert, given a fortnight ago, features music from Mozart via Brahms and Dvorak to Richard Strauss and Franz Lehar. Plus Oliver Knussen conducts his own music and a symphony by the Russian Nikolai Miaskovsky; and Jiri Belohlavek conducts Suk's symphonic poem Prague - looking forward to his concerts with the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ SO at the 2012 Prague Spring Festival, which you can hear tomorrow.

Richard Strauss: Don Juan
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra,
Jiri Belohlavek (conductor).

c. 2.20pm
Richard Strauss: Das Rosenband
Kate Royal (soprano),
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra,
Jiri Belohlavek (conductor).

Dvorak: Song to the Moon (Rusalka)
Kate Royal (soprano),
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra,
Jiri Belohlavek (conductor).

Mozart: Dove sono (Le nozze de Figaro - Act 3)
Kate Royal (soprano),
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra,
Jiri Bellohlavek (conductor).

Lehar: Vilja (Die Lustige Witwe)
Kate Royal (soprano),
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra,
Jiri Belohlavek (conductor).

c. 3.00pm
Brahms: Violin Concerto
Leonidas Kavakos (violin),
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra,
Jiri Belohlavek (conductor).

c. 3.30pm
Suk: Prague
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra,
Jiri Belohlavek (conductor).

c. 4.05pm
Miaskovsky: Symphony no. 13 in B flat minor, Op. 36
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra,
Oliver Knussen (conductor).

2 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Mon 9 Jul 2012 14:00

Music Played

  • Josef Suk

    Prague. ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ SO, conductor Jiri Belohlavek

  • Oliver Knussen

    Oliver Knussen - Choral. ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra, conducted by the composer

  • Nikolai Yakovlevich Myaskovsky

    Symphony no. 13. ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ SO, conductor Oliver Knussen

Broadcast

  • Mon 9 Jul 2012 14:00