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Saariaho, Ravel and Mendelssohn

Simone Menezes and the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Scottish Symphony Orchestra perform Kaija Saariaho and Felix Mendelssohn. Denis Kozhukhin joins the orchestra to play Ravel's Piano Concerto in G.

Simone Menezes and the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Scottish Symphony Orchestra perform music by Kaija Saariaho and Felix Mendelssohn, and pianist Denis Kozhukhin joins to play Ravel.

Live from City Halls, Glasgow

Presented by Kate Molleson

Saariaho: Laterna Magica
Ravel: Piano Concerto in G

8.30 Interval: Kate introduces a recent recording of 'Stone, Salt and Sky' by composer Sally Beamish, performed by the GAIA duo.

8.50 Part Two
Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony No.3 (Scottish)

Light abounds in a concert from City Halls, in Glasgow. Composer Kaija Saariaho was inspired by references in Ingmar Bergman's autobiography to the first machine to create the illusion of a moving image: the magic lantern, or Laterna Magica. Ravel's Piano Concerto in G is dazzlingly entertaining from its opening whip-crack to its jazz-infused finale. It is brought to life by pianist, Denis Kozhukhin. And, as the sun sets, a deep Scottish twilight inspires Felix Mendelssohn's vivacious Third Symphony.

Simone Menezes (conductor)
Denis Kozhukhin (piano)
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Scottish Symphony Orchestra

2 hours, 28 minutes

Last on

Thu 11 May 2023 19:30

Music Played

  • Kaija Saariaho

    Laterna Magica

    Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Simone Menezes.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Concerto In G Major

    Performer: Denis Kozhukhin. Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Simone Menezes.
  • GAIA

    Stone, Salt And Sky

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Symphony No. 3 In A Minor Op.56 (Scottish)

    Performer: Simone Menezes. Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Scottish Symphony Orchestra.
  • Ben Lunn

    Rhymes and Recollections

    Performer: Aberdeenshire Saxophone Orchestra. Performer: Ugie Voices. Conductor: Richard Ingham.
  • The Spinners

    In My Liverpool ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Ian Tracey.
    • A Love Letter to Liverpool.
    • Rubicon.
    • 101.
  • Mykola Lysenko

    Suite on Ukrainian Themes Op.2 (Gavotte and Scherzo)

    Performer: Anna Shelest.
    • Sorel Classics.
  • Benny Andersson

    Money, Money, Money

    Music Arranger: Anders Berglund. Performer: Christian Svarfvar. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Anders Berglund.
    • The Symphonic Touch of Benny Andersson.
    • Ladybird Production.
    • 104.

Broadcast

  • Thu 11 May 2023 19:30