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Wednesday - Schubert's Fifth Symphony

Kent Nagano conducts Schubert’s Fifth Symphony in Berlin, and the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Scottish Symphony Orchestra play Dvorak’s Othello. Plus music by Buxtehude, Takemitsu, Sibelius and Puccini.

Ian Skelly continues this week of Afternoon Concert featuring performances from the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Scottish Symphony Orchestra and from some of the great German orchestras.

Today the German Symphony Orchestra, Berlin performs Schubert’s mighty Fifth Symphony with conductor Kent Nagano, and the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Scottish Symphony Orchestra plays Dvorak’s Othello. There's more Buxtehude organ music played by Ton Koopman at the Holmen Church in Copenhagan, vocal music from the ensemble Voces8 in Hattersheim, and today's piece by Toru Takemitsu features the harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani.

Including:

Foulds: Isles of Greece, Op.48 No.2
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Concert Orchestra
Ronald Corp (conductor)

Alfven: Aftnonen
Voces8

Takemitsu: Rain dreaming
Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord)

c. 2.15pm
Puccini: Crisantemi
La Scintilla Orchestra
Riccardo Minasi (conductor)

Buxtehude: Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern
Ton Koopman (organ)

c. 2.30pm
Sibelius: Finlandia, Op.26
Latvian National Symphony Orchestra
Tarmo Peltokoski (conductor)

JS Bach: Concerto for oboe & violin in C minor, BWV.1060R
Leonidas Kavakos (violin)
Danish National Symphony Orchestra
Eva Steinaa (conductor)

3pm
Schubert: Symphony No.5 in B flat, D.485
German Symphony Orchestra, Berlin
Kent Nagano (conductor)

Schiassi: A che si serbano
Jakub Jozef Orlinski (tenor)
Il Pomo d'Oro
Zefira Valova (conductor)

Dvorak: Othello
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Nuno Coelho (conductor)

2 hours, 1 minute

Last on

Wed 22 Mar 2023 14:00

Music Played

  • John Foulds

    Isles of Greece, Op.48 No.2 (1927)

    Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Ronald Corp.
    • GBÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½.
  • Hugo Alfvén

    Aftonen

    Choir: VOCES8.
  • Toru Takemitsu

    Rain Dreaming

    Performer: Mahan Esfahani.
    • Musique?.
    • Hyperion.
    • 1.
  • Giacomo Puccini

    Crisantemi, for string quartet

    Music Arranger: Riccardo Minasi. Orchestra: La Scintilla Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Minasi.
  • Dieterich Buxtehude

    Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern in G, BuxWV 223

    Performer: Ton Koopman.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Finlandia, Op.26

    Orchestra: Latvian National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Tarmo Peltokoski.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerto for Oboe, Violin, Strings and Continuo in D minor

    Performer: Leonidas Kavakos. Orchestra: Danish National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Eva Steinaa.
  • Franz Schubert

    Symphony No.5 in B flat, D.485

    Performer: German Symphony Orchestra, Berlin. Conductor: Kent Nagano.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Hungarian Dance No.5

    Performer: Martynas. Performer: Vadimas Vystavkinas. Orchestra: Mikroorkestra.
  • Gaetano Maria Schiassi

    A che si serbano

    Singer: Jakub Józef Orliński. Orchestra: Il Pomo d’Oro. Director: Zefira Valova.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Othello, Overture

    Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Nuno Coelho.

Broadcast

  • Wed 22 Mar 2023 14:00