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Friday: Mendelssohn and Shostakovich

The Liege Royal Philharmonic Orchestra performs Mendelssohn's wonderfully descriptive music for A Midsummer Night's Dream and Shostakovich's intensely dark and poetic 13th Symphony

Tom Redmond brings to an end a week of concerts recorded in Belgium. Today's concert features the Liège Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Christian Arming performing Mendelssohn's A Midsummer Night's Dream and Shostakovich's Symphony No. 13.

Felix Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream
Jodie Devos, soprano
Lore Binon, soprano
Czech Philharmonic Chorus, Brno
Women's voices
Petr Fiala, director
Liège Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Christian Arming, conductor
Recorded in the Philharmonic Hall, Liège

c.3.45pm:
Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony no 13 in B flat minor, Op 113 ('Babi Yar')
Alexander Vinogradov, bass
Men's voices of the Czech Philharmonic Chorus, Brno
Petr Fiala, director
Liège Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Christian Arming, conductor
Recorded in the Philharmonic Hall, Liège

2 hours

Last on

Fri 14 Sep 2018 15:00

Music Played

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    A Midsummer Night's Dream, incidental music

    Performer: Jodie Devos. Performer: Lore Binon. Orchestra: Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège. Conductor: Christian Arming.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Symphony no 13 in B flat minor, Op 113 ('Babi Yar')

    Performer: Alexander Vinogradov. Choir: Prague Philharmonic Choir.
  • Zoltán Kodály

    Intermezzo (Hary Janos Suite Op.35a)

    Performer: Laurence Kaptain. Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.
    • Kodaly: Hary Janos Suite: Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Jarvi.
    • Chandos.
  • Hector Berlioz

    Le Carnaval romain - overture, Op 9

    Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Pierre Monteux.

Broadcast

  • Fri 14 Sep 2018 15:00