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Music from the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra. Haydn: Symphony No 101. Hummel: Piano Concerto, Op 85 (soloist: Stephen Hough). Ravel: L'heure Espagnole. Szymanowski: Symphony No 4.

Penny Gore introduces recent recordingsmade at the Barbican Centre in London with the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ SO performing music by Haydn, Hummel and Ravel. Spanish maestro Josep Pons takes the baton in Haydn's Symphony No. 101, 'The Clock'; Hummel's Piano Concerto in A minor with soloist Stephen Hough, followed by Ravel's concert version of the opera 'L'Heure Espagnole'. Among the soloists are Ruxandra Donose as Concepcion; Jacques Imbrailo as Ramiro, and Jean-Paul Fouchecourt as Torquemada. And to end, Szymanowski's Symphonia Concertante for piano and orchestra (Symphony No. 4), with Louis Lortie as soloist and conductor Edward Gardner.

2pm
Haydn - Symphony No.101,The Clock
Hummel - Piano Concerto in A minor Op 85
Stephen Hough, piano
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra
Josep Pons, conductor

3.14pm
Ravel - L'Heure Espagnole

Concepcion ..... Ruxandra Donose (mezzo-soprano)
Ramiro ..... Jacques Imbrailo (baritone)
Torquemada ..... Jean-Paul Fouchecourt (tenor)
Gonzalve ..... Julien Behr (tenor)
Don Inigo Gomez ..... David Wilson-Johnson (baritone)
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra
Josep Pons, conductor

4.00pm
Szymanowski - Symphonia Concertante for piano and orchestra (Symphony No. 4)
Louis Lortie, piano
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra
Edward Gardner, conductor.

2 hours, 30 minutes

Music Played

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony no. 101 in D major (Clock)

  • Johann Nepomuk Hummel

    Concerto in A minor Op.85 for piano and orchestra

  • Claude Debussy

    The Girl with the Flaxen Hair

  • Maurice Ravel

    L' Heure espagnole

  • Karol Szymanowski

    Symphonie Concertante (Symphony no. 4) for piano and orchestra

Broadcast

  • Tue 20 Nov 2012 14:00