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Elgar's Enigma Variations

Kristiina Poska conducts the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Philharmonic in Elgar's Enigma Variations. Other music includes works by Lotti, Rossini, Tarik O’Regan, Smetana and Moeran.

Kristiina Poska conducts the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Philharmonic in Elgar's Enigma Variations.

Presented by Ian Skelly

The focus this week has been the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Philharmonic and this afternoon there's a specially recorded performance of perhaps Elgar's greatest work, the so-called "Enigma" Variations into which he wove the personalities of his friends

2.30pm
Elgar
Pomp and Circumstance March no.4
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Philharmonic
Andrew Davis, conductor

Lotti
Froh quanta sunt
Jakub Jozef Orlinski, countertenor
Il Pomo d'Oro
Zefira Valova, director

Rossini
Overture: The thieving magpie
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Philharmonic
Ben Gernon

3.00pm
Elgar
Enigma Variations
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Philharmonic
Kristiina Poska, conductor

Haydn
Cello Concerto no.1 in C
Alban Gerhardt, cello
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Ilan Volkov, conductor

Tarik O’Regan
I Listen To The Stillness Of You
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Singers
Grace Rossiter, conductor

Smetana
Ma Vlast: Vltava
Ulster Orchestra
Tom Fetherstonhaugh, conductor

Moeran
Lonely waters
Ulster Orchestra
Vernon Handley, conductor

2 hours, 31 minutes

Last on

Thu 15 Jun 2023 14:30
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Edward Elgar

    Pomp and Circumstance March No 4 in G major

    Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis.
    • Chandos.

  • Edward Elgar

    Enigma Variations

    Performer: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Philharmonic Orchestra. Performer: Kristiina Poska.

  • Antonio Lotti

    Froh quanta sunt

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

  • Gioachino Rossini

    The thieving magpie (Overture)

    Performer: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Philharmonic Orchestra. Performer: Ben Gernon.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Peccator videbit, RV.597

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

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Mazurka In G minor, Op.24 no.1

    Performer: Pavel Kolesnikov.
    • Chopin: Mazurkas.
    • Hyperion.
    • 008.

  • Aaron Copland

    El salon Mexico

    Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Chandos.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Cello Concerto no. 1 in C major, H 7b.1

    Performer: Alban Gerhardt. Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ilan Volkov.

  • Tarik O’Regan

    I Listen To The Stillness Of You

    Choir: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Singers. Conductor: Grace Rossiter.

  • Bedrich Smetana

    Vltava (from Ma Vlast)

    Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Tom Fetherstonhaugh.

  • Abel Selaocoe

    Tsepho

    Performer: Abel Selaocoe. Performer: Seckou Keita. Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Fiona Monbet.

  • Ernest John Moeran

    Lonely Waters

    Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Vernon Handley.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Arcangelo Corelli

    Concerto grosso in G minor Op.6`8 'Christmas Concerto' (mvts 4-6)

    Orchestra: Tafelmusik. Conductor: Jeanne Lamon.
    • Corelli: Concerti Grossi, opus 6 - Baroque Esprit Series.
    • Deutsche Harmonia Mundi.
    • 27.

Broadcast

  • Thu 15 Jun 2023 14:30
    ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 3