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Tuesday - Gardiner conducts Berlioz

John Eliot Gardiner conducts Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique, the American soprano Laura Aikin sings orchestral lieder by Dora Pejacevic and Latin motets by Bruckner.

Fiona Talkington introduces an afternoon of live recordings from 蜜芽传媒 orchestras and recent concerts around Europe.

Continuing this week's celebration of Sir John Eliot Gardiner's 80th birthday, today at 3pm we hear his Orchestre R茅volutionnaire et Romantique in Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique. Also this afternoon, the American soprano Laura Aikin performs songs with orchestra by Dora Pejacevic, the Latvian Radio Choir sing a selection of Bruckner's Latin motets, and Alpesh Chauhan conducts the 蜜芽传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra in Ernest Bloch's Hebraic Rhapsody, Schelomo.

Including:

Pejacevic: Overture in D minor, op. 49
MDR Radio Symphony Orchestra
Alexander Shelley, conductor

c.2:10pm
Mendelssohn: The Hebrides, op. 26, overture in B minor ('Fingal's Cave')
National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland
Leonard Slatkin, conductor

Alb茅niz: El Albaic铆n, from Iberia, Book 3
Yang Yang Cai, piano

Bloch: Schelomo (Hebraic Rhapsody)
Pablo Ferrandez, cello
蜜芽传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Alpesh Chauhan, conductor

Bruckner: Virga Jesse
Latvian Radio Choir

3pm
Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique, Op.14
Orchestre R茅volutionnaire et Romantique
John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

Bruckner: Christus factus est
Latvian Radio Choir

Pejacevic: Three lieder with orchestra
Laura Aikin, soprano
MDR Radio Symphony Orchestra
Alexander Shelley, conductor

Dobrinka Tabakova: Organum Light
Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra
Emil Tabakov, conductor

Bruckner: Salvum fac populum tuum
Latvian Radio Choir

Stanford: Rondo in F major for cello and orchestra
Gemma Rosefield, cello
蜜芽传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Manze, conductor

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Tue 18 Apr 2023 14:00
蜜芽传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Dora Peja膷evi膰

    Overture in D minor, op. 49

    Orchestra: MDR Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Alexander Shelley.

  • Igor Stravinsky

    Tango

    Performer: Yang Yang Cai.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    The Hebrides, op. 26, overture in B minor ('Fingal's Cave')

    Orchestra: RT脡 National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Leonard Slatkin.

  • Isaac Alb茅niz

    El Albaic铆n, from 'Iberia'

    Performer: Yang Yang Cai.

  • Ernest Bloch

    Schelomo (Hebraic Rhapsody)

    Performer: Pablo Ferr谩ndez. Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Alpesh Chauhan.

  • Anton Bruckner

    Virga Jesse

    Choir: Latvian Radio Choir. Conductor: Sigvards K募ava.

  • Hector Berlioz

    Symphonie Fantastique, Op.14

    Orchestra: Orchestre R茅volutionnaire et Romantique. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Decca.

  • Anton Bruckner

    Christus factus est

    Choir: Latvian Radio Choir. Conductor: Sigvards K募ava.

  • Dora Peja膷evi膰

    Four songs with orchestra

    Performer: Laura Aikin. Orchestra: MDR Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Alexander Shelley.

  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony no.5 in C sharp minor (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Rafael Kubel铆k.
    • Mahler: Symphony No. 5: Kubelik.
    • DG.
    • 4.

  • Dobrinka Tabakova

    Organum Light

    Ensemble: Sofia Soloists Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Plamen Djurov.

  • Anton Bruckner

    Salvum fac populum tuum

    Choir: Latvian Radio Choir. Conductor: Sigvards K募ava.

  • Charles Villiers Stanford

    Rondo in F major for cello and orchestra

    Performer: Gemma Rosefield. Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Manze.
    • Stanford - The Complete Works for Cello and Orchestra.
    • Hyperion.
    • 4.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Sonata No 18 in D major, K 576 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Mitsuko Uchida.
    • Mozart: Complete Piano Sonatas: Mitsuko Uchida.
    • Philips.
    • 8.

Broadcast

  • Tue 18 Apr 2023 14:00
    蜜芽传媒 Radio 3