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Thursday - ѿý Proms - Pekka Kuusisto plays Vivaldi

Violinist Pekka Kuusisto plays Vivaldi's Four Seasons with the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen at the ѿý Proms.

Presented by Penny Gore, including another chance to hear violinist Pekka Kuusisto's recent appearance at the ѿý Proms, directing The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen in music by Andrea Tarrodi, Beethoven and Vivaldi's Four Seasons interspersed with folk improvisations by Kuusisto and the cittern player Ale Carr.

Also today, new recordings of music by Elgar and Offenbach from the ѿý Concert Orchestra and ѿý Philharmonic, and more from soprano Dorothee Mields and Concerto de’ Cavalieri at the Schwetzingen Festival.

Including:

Elgar: The Spanish Lady (Comedy Overture)
ѿý Concert Orchestra
Martin Yates, conductor

c. 2.15pm
ѿý Proms (first broadcast live on Sunday 16th July)
Presented by Hannah French

Andrea Tarrodi: Birds of Paradise
Beethoven: Symphony No. 1 in C major

The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen
Pekka Kuusisto, violin/conductor

c. 2.55pm
Proms Artist Choice - Pekka Kuusisto:

C Schumann: 3 Romances for violin and piano, Op.22
Lisa Batiashvili, violin
Alice Sara Ott, piano

Sibelius: The Oceanides Op.73
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor

c. 3.15pm
ѿý Proms (first broadcast live on Sunday 16th July)
Presented by Hannah French

Vivaldi: The Four Seasons interspersed with folk music improvisations

Ale Carr, Cittern
The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen
Pekka Kuusisto, violin/conductor

c. 4.25pm
JS Bach: Betörte Welt, from 'Was frag ich nach der Welt, BWV 94, cantata'
Albinoni: Excerpts from 'Amor, sorte, destino!, op. 4, cantata'
Dorothee Mields, soprano
Concerto de’ Cavalieri
Marcello de Lisa, director

c. 4.50pm
Offenbach: La Belle Helene, Overture
ѿý Philharmonic
Ben Gernon, conductor

3 hours, 1 minute

Music Played

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerto for Oboe & Violin in C minor, BWV1060 (arr. 2 violins); 1st movement

    Performer: Pekka Kuusisto. Performer: Jaakko Kuusisto. Orchestra: Tapiola Sinfonietta.
    • JS Bach: Violin Concertos.
    • ONDINE.
    • 7.
  • Edward Elgar

    The Spanish Lady (Comedy Overture)

    Orchestra: ѿý Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Martin Yates.
  • Andrea Tarrodi

    Paradisfaglar (Birds of paradise)

    Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen. Conductor: Pekka Kuusisto.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No. 1 In C Major Op.21

    Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen. Conductor: Pekka Kuusisto.
  • Clara Schumann

    Three Romances for violin, Op 22

    Performer: Lisa Batiashvili. Performer: Alice Sara Ott.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Jean Sibelius

    The Oceanides

    Orchestra: Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jukka‐Pekka Saraste.
    • RCA.
  • Traditional Swedish

    Den Blomstertid Nu Kommer

    Performer: Pekka Kuusisto.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    The Four Seasons - Spring, RV269, Mvts 1&2

    Performer: Pekka Kuusisto. Orchestra: German Chamber Philharmonic.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony no. 7 in A major Op.92 - 1st mvt

    Performer: Pekka Kuusisto.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    The Four Seasons - Spring, RV269, Mvt 3

    Performer: Pekka Kuusisto. Orchestra: German Chamber Philharmonic.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Improvisation on a tune from The Lark Ascending

    Performer: Pekka Kuusisto.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    The Four Seasons - Summer, RV315

    Performer: Pekka Kuusisto. Orchestra: German Chamber Philharmonic.
  • Traditional Swedish

    Hjortingen

    Performer: Pekka Kuusisto.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    The Four Seasons - Autumn, RV293, Mvts 1&2

    Performer: Pekka Kuusisto. Orchestra: German Chamber Philharmonic.
  • Traditional Finnish

    Antin Mikko

    Performer: Pekka Kuusisto. Performer: Daniel Sepec. Performer: Marta Spārniņa.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    The Four Seasons - Autumn, RV293, Mvt 3

    Performer: Pekka Kuusisto. Orchestra: German Chamber Philharmonic.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    The Four Seasons - Winter, RV297, Mvt 1

    Performer: Pekka Kuusisto. Orchestra: German Chamber Philharmonic.
  • Traditional Austrian

    Austrian Folk Song

    Performer: Pekka Kuusisto. Performer: Anna-Lena Perenthaler.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    The Four Seasons - Winter, RV297, Mvts 2 & 3

    Performer: Pekka Kuusisto. Orchestra: German Chamber Philharmonic.
  • Traditional Finland

    Piupali Paupali

    Composer: Traditional Finland. Performer: Pekka Kuusisto. Performer: Pekka Kuusisto. Music Arranger: Nico Muhly. Music Arranger: Nico Muhly. Orchestra: German Chamber Philharmonic. Orchestra: German Chamber Philharmonic.
  • Cécile Chaminade

    Pas des echarpes

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • Hyperion.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Betörte Welt, from 'Was frag ich nach der Welt, BWV 94, cantata'

    Singer: Dorothee Mields. Ensemble: Concerto de’ Cavalieri. Director: Marcello de Lisa.
  • Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni

    Excerpts from 'Amor, sorte, destino!, op. 4, cantata'

    Singer: Dorothee Mields. Ensemble: Concerto de’ Cavalieri. Director: Marcello de Lisa.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Prelude & Fugue in D Minor K.405 no.4 (after J.S. Bach, BWV.877)

    Ensemble: Berlin Academy for Early Music.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in C major, Kk.72

    Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.
    • D. Scarlatti: Sonatas: Alexandre Tharaud.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 3.
  • Jacques Offenbach

    La Belle Helene, Overture

    Performer: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra. Performer: Ben Gernon.

Broadcast

  • Thu 20 Jul 2023 14:00