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Prom 34: Strauss, Mozart and Nielsen

A Prom featuring the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ NOW under Thomas Sondergard. Strauss: Tod und Verklarung, Op 24; Burleske. Mozart: Rondo in A, K386 (Francesco Piemontesi: piano). Nielsen: Symphony No 5.

Afternoon on 3 with Penny Gore

ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ National Orchestra of Wales and Principal Conductor Thomas SøndergÃ¥rd recorded last week at the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Proms with music by Richard Strauss, including his Burleske with pianist Francesco Piemontesi, and Nielsen's Fifth Symphony.

Presented by Christopher Cook at the Royal Albert Hall, London

Richard Strauss: Tod und Verklärung, Op 24
Richard Strauss: Burleske

Mozart: Rondo in A major for piano and orchestra, K386
Nielsen: Symphony No. 5

Francesco Piemontesi (piano)
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ National Orchestra of Wales
Thomas Søndergård (conductor)

In the first of his two concerts with the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ National Orchestra of Wales, Principal Conductor Thomas SøndergÃ¥rd directs Nielsen's Fifth Symphony, shaped by the conflicts and oppositions of the First World War and touching on a bleak nostalgia that is also at the core of Strauss's tone poem Death and Transfiguration - a musical dramatisation of the roaming thoughts of a dying artist. Profundity is balanced by virtuosity in the 'complicated nonsense' of Strauss's youthful Burleske and Mozart's sunny Rondo in A major, both featuring former New Generation Artist Francesco Piemontesi.

First broadcast 11th August 2014.

2 hours, 30 minutes

Music Played

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Partita No.4 in D, BWV 828: Ouverture

    Performer: Igor Levit.
  • Richard Strauss

    Burleske

    Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ National Orchestra of Wales. Performer: Francesco Piemontesi.
  • Richard Strauss

    Tod und Verklarung

    Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ National Orchestra of Wales.
  • Percy Grainger

    Ramble on the Last Love Duet from Der Rosenkavalier

  • Percy Grainger

    Lullaby from 'Tribute to Foster'

  • Percy Grainger

    Lullaby from Tribute to Foster

  • Richard Strauss

    Four Symphonic Interludes from Intermezzo

    Orchestra: Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Sonata, K284

    Performer: Francesco Piemontesi.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Rondo in A major, K386

    Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ National Orchestra of Wales. Performer: Francesco Piemontesi.
  • Carl Nielsen

    Fifth Symphony

    Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ National Orchestra of Wales.

Broadcast

  • Tue 19 Aug 2014 14:00