
Beethoven’s Eroica
Sakari Oramo conducts the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra in Beethoven’s 3rd Symphony, Copland’s Quiet City and a world premiere by Hannah Kendall in the first live Prom of the 2020 season.
Sakari Oramo conducts the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra in the first live Prom of the 2020 season. Beethoven’s epic Third Symphony sits alongside Copland’s Quiet City and a Basquiat-inspired world premiere from Hannah Kendall. The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Singers perform Eric Whitacre's Sleep.
Live from the Royal Albert Hall
Presented by Georgia Mann and Petroc Trelawny
Hannah Kendall: Tuxedo: Vasco ‘de’ Gama (ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ commission: world premiere)
Eric Whitacre: Sleep*
Aaron Copland: Quiet City
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, ‘Eroica’
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Singers*
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra
Nicholas Chalmers (conductor)*
Sakari Oramo (conductor)
Sakari Oramo and the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra kick off this season’s live offering with a specially-commissioned work by English composer Hannah Kendall. Tuxedo: Vasco ‘de’ Gama takes as its title a quote from American artist Jean-Michel Basquiat’s matrix of hieroglyphs, symbols and words, and it launches a voyage across the Atlantic that takes us via Eric Whitacre’s tender Sleep, sung by the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Singers, to the expansive, desolate sound-world of Copland’s Quiet City.
For the concert’s climax we plunge into the stormy waters of Beethoven’s revolutionary ‘Eroica’ Symphony, noted by one early reviewer for its ‘strange modulations and violent transitions’ – a passionate musical vision of heroism.
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Music Played
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Hannah Kendall
Tuxedo: Vasco ‘de’ Gama
Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo. -
Eric Whitacre
Sleep
Ensemble: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Singers. Conductor: Nicholas Chalmers. -
Aaron Copland
Quiet City
Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo. -
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No.3 in E flat major, Op.55 'Eroica'
Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo. -
Camille Saintâ€Saëns
Cello Sonata No 2 in F major, Op 123
Performer: Mats Lidström. Performer: Bengt Forsberg.- Camille Saint-Saens: Music for Cello: Lidstrom/Forsberg.
- Hyperion.
- 5.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Sonata No 12 in F major, K 332
Performer: Mitsuko Uchida.- Mozart: Complete Piano Sonatas: Mitsuko Uchida.
- Philips.
- 1.
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Giuseppe Torelli
Trumpet Concerto in D major (3rd mvt)
Performer: Alison Balsom. Performer: Thomas Klug. Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen.- Haydn, Hummel etc: Trumpet Concertos: Alison Balsom.
- EMI Classics.
- 9.
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Broadcast
- Fri 28 Aug 2020 19:30ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 3
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