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Beethoven and Scriabin with the London Philharmonic Orchestra

New century, new sounds. Vladimir Jurowski launches the London Philharmonic's 2020 Vision series with works by Beethoven, Scriabin and Eötvös, premiered in 1801, 1901 and 2001.

2001: New century, new sounds. Vladimir Jurowski and the London Philharmonic celebrate Beethoven’s 250th birthday with 2020 VISION, a conversation between the past, the present and the future of music. Tonight the orchestra's charismatic Principal Conductor leads them in works by Beethoven, Scriabin and Péter Eötvös premiered in the first years of the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries.
In his First Symphony, Beethoven announced his arrival in Haydn's Vienna with a work that opened the doors to a universe of new musical possibilities. A century later, the young Alexander Scriabin wrote a Second Symphony whose surging melodies and ardent spirit stand on the brink of a new revelation: and in 2001, Péter Eötvös premiered a short work in which a trumpeter acts like a waiter in a Budapest café picking up snatches of conversation.
Recorded at the Royal Festival Hall last Saturday.
Presented by Martin Handley

Beethoven: Symphony No. 1 in C major Op.21
Péter Eötvös: Snatches of a Conversation for double-belled trumpet, speaker and ensemble

c. 8.10pm
Interval music: The Triumphs of Oriana from 1601 and a grand motet by Delalande from 1701.

c. 8.30pm
Scriabin: Symphony No. 2 in G minor Op. 29

Marco Blaauw (double-bell trumpet)
Omar Ebrahim (narrator)
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Vladimir Jurowski (conductor)

2 hours, 28 minutes

Last on

Fri 14 Feb 2020 19:30

Music Played

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven Symphony no 1

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Jurowski.
  • Péter Eötvös

    Snatches of a Conversation

    Performer: Marco Blaauw. Singer: Omar Ebrahim. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Jurowski.
  • Ellis Gibbons

    Long live fair Oriana

    Ensemble: The King’s Singers.
  • Michel‐Richard de Lalande

    Venite, exultemus Dominum

    Choir: Collegium Marianum. Conductor: Olivier Schneebeli.
  • Alexander Scriabin

    Symphony no 2

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Jurowski.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Dixit Dominus, HWV 232

    Conductor: Harry Christophers. Singer: Lynne Dawson. Singer: Lynda Russell. Singer: Charles Brett. Singer: Ian Partridge. Singer: Michael George. Choir: The Sixteen. Orchestra: Sixteen Orchestra.
    • Handel: Dixit Dominus: Harry Christophers.
    • Chandos.
    • 12-20.

Broadcast

  • Fri 14 Feb 2020 19:30

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