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Juanjo Mena conducts Elgar's Second Symphony

Today's programme features Juanjo Mena conducting Elgar's Second Symphony with the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Philharmonic and includes music by Bernstein, Scarlatti and Chen Yi.

Today's programme features an archive recording of Juanjo Mena conducting the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Philharmonic in Elgar's Symphony No.2. Plus we’re in Montreal for Handel’s Water Music, the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Philharmonic plays Bernstein, and there’s music by Brescianello, Alessandro Scarlatti, Rentaro Taki and Chen Yi.

Presented by Ian Skelly

2pm
Bernstein - Overture: Candide
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Philharmonic
Rumon Gamba (conductor)

c. 2.05
Andrius Zlabys - Kaleidoscope of lost times
Kremerata Baltica/Lettonica
Gidon Kremer (violin & director)

c. 2.20
Handel - Excerpts from Water Music, Suite No.3 in G
Vincent Lauzer / Ariane Brisson (recorders)
Les Violons du Roy
Jonathan Cohen (conductor)

Rentaro Taki - Kojo no tsuki
12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic

Chen Yi - Written on a rainy night
singer pur (choir)

c. 2.45
Brescianello - Ciaccona
Il Pomo d’Oro
Zefira Valova (conductor)

3pm
Elgar - Symphony No.2 in E flat, Op.63
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Philharmonic
Juanjo Mena (conductor)

2 hours, 32 minutes

Last on

Fri 29 Apr 2022 14:00
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Leonard Bernstein

    Candide (Overture)

    Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.

  • Andrius Žlabys

    Kaleidoscope of lost times

    Ensemble: Kremerata Baltica/Lettonica. Conductor: Gidon Kremer.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Excerpts from Water Music, Suite No.3 in G, HWV.350

    Performer: Vincent Lauzer. Performer: Ariane Brisson. Orchestra: Les Violons du Roy. Conductor: Jonathan Cohen.

  • Rentaro Taki

    Kojo no tsuki

    Music Arranger: Shigeaki Saegusa. Orchestra: The 12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic.

  • Chen Yi

    Written on a rainy night

    Choir: Singer Pur.

  • Giuseppe Antonio Brescianello

    Ciaccona

    Orchestra: Il Pomo d’Oro. Director: Zefira Valova.

  • Ruth Gipps

    Song for orchestra, Op.33

    Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • Gipps: Symphonies Nos 2 and 4 etc..
    • Chandos.
    • 14.

  • Edward Elgar

    Symphony No 2 in E flat major, Op 63

    Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Juanjo Mena.

  • Carroll Coates

    London by Night

    Choir: Singer Pur.

  • Alessandro Scarlatti

    'Vieni o sonno' [Phyrrus]

    Composer: Nicola Francesco Haym. Singer: Olivia Vermeulen. Ensemble: Max Volbers and Ensemble. Conductor: Max Volbers.

  • Wilhelm Kaiser-Lindemann

    Variacoes Brasileiras ("Bossa nova filarmonica")

    Orchestra: The 12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Sonata in B flat major for piano duet, K 358

    Performer: Christoph Eschenbach. Performer: Justus Frantz.
    • Mozart: Music for Piano Duet: Justus Frantz, Christoph Eschenbach.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 7.

  • Cole Porter

    Love for Sale

    Performer: Nadia Trohin. Ensemble: Romanian Radio Big Band. Conductor: Ionel Tudor.

Broadcast

  • Fri 29 Apr 2022 14:00
    ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 3