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Beethoven's Emperor Concerto

Fortepianist Dominika Maszczyńska plays Beethoven's Emperor Concerto with the historically informed Volantes Orchestra, plus music by Strauss, Bartok and Huw Watkins.

Penny Gore presents an afternoon of concert and studio recordings from ѿý ensembles and orchestras around Europe.

Today, Dominika Maszczyńska takes to the fortepiano for Beethoven's 5th Piano Concerto, the 'Emperor', with the historically informed Volantes Orchestra and conductor Jos van Immerseel. The Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra plays music from Strauss' Rosenkavalier, and we hear music by Jacob Gade and Shostakovich, from a concert given the orchestra's brass section. Plus new recordings exclusive to the programme from the ѿý Singers, ѿý Philharmonic and Ulster Orchestra.

Including:

Handel: Water Music: Suite, orch. Stokowski (No 2, Allegro)
ѿý Philharmonic
Mattias Bamert, conductor

Huw Watkins: Dawning
Ulster Orchestra
Angus Webster, conductor

Gade: Jealousy
Frankfurt Radio Brass

John Pickard: Three Latin Motets
ѿý Singers
Martyn Brabbins, conductor

c.2.25pm
R. Strauss: Suite from 'Der Rosenkavalier, op. 59'
Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra
Tarmo Peltokoski, conductor

Shostakovich: Waltz No. 2, from 'Suite for Variety Orchestra'
Frankfurt Radio Brass

3pm
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.5 ‘Emperor’
Dominika Maszczyńska, fortepiano
Volantes Orchestra
Jos van Immerseel, conductor

Artist choice - Dominika Maszczyńska
JS Bach: "Bereite dich, Zion, mit zärtlichen Trieben", from Bach's Christmas Oratorio, BWV.248
Andreas Scholl, countertenor
Akademie für Alte Musik
René Jacobs, conductor

c.3.45pm
Bartok: Dance Suite
ѿý Philharmonic
Gergely Madaras, conductor

Jim Parker: Five Pieces
Frankfurt Radio Brass

Glinka: Valse-fantasie in B minor
ѿý Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Vassily Sinaisky, conductor

R. Schumann: Overture, Genoveva Opera, Op. 81
Ulster Orchestra
Jac van Steen, conductor

3 hours, 1 minute

Last on

Thu 19 Oct 2023 14:00

Music Played

  • George Frideric Handel

    Water Music: Suite, orch. Stokowski (No 2, Allegro)

    Orchestrator: Leopold Stokowski. Orchestra: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Matthias Bamert.
    • Chandos.
  • Huw Watkins

    Dawning

    Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Angus Webster.
  • Jacob Gade

    Jealousy

    Ensemble: Frankfurt Radio Brass.
  • John Pickard

    Three Latin Motets: i - O nata lux

    Choir: ѿý Singers. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
    • John Pickard: Mass in Troubled Times.
    • BIS.
    • 1.
  • John Pickard

    Three Latin Motets: ii - Te lucis ante terminum

    Choir: Sopranos and Altos of the ѿý Singers. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
  • John Pickard

    Three Latin Motets: iii - Ubi caritas et amor

    Choir: ѿý Singers. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
  • Richard Strauss

    Suite from 'Der Rosenkavalier, op. 59'

    Orchestra: Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Tarmo Peltokoski.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Maurerische Trauermusik in C minor, K. 477

    Orchestra: Camerata Salzburg. Conductor: Ton Koopman.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Waltz No. 2, from 'Suite for Variety Orchestra'

    Ensemble: Frankfurt Radio Brass.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat, op. 73 ('Emperor')

    Performer: Dominika Maszczyńska. Orchestra: Volantes Orchestra. Conductor: Jos van Immerseel.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    "Bereite dich, Zion, mit zärtlichen Trieben" (from Christmas Oratorio, BWV248)

    Performer: Andreas Scholl. Ensemble: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin. Conductor: René Jacobs.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Paul Dukas

    Fanfare, from 'La Péri'

    Ensemble: Frankfurt Radio Brass.
  • Béla Bartók

    Dance Suite

    Performer: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra. Performer: Gergely Madaras.
  • Jim Parker

    Five Pieces

    Ensemble: Frankfurt Radio Brass.
  • Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka

    Valse-fantasie in B minor

    Orchestra: ѿý Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Vassily Sinaisky.
  • Robert Schumann

    Overture, Genoveva Opera, Op. 81

    Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Jac van Steen.
  • Clara Schumann

    3 Romances Op.11 ( no.1 in E flat minor)

    Performer: Isata Kanneh‐Mason.
    • Romance – The Piano Music of Clara Schumann.
    • Decca.
    • 4.
  • Richard Strauss

    Schlagobers, Op 70 (Finale)

    Orchestra: Wiener Symphoniker. Conductor: Manfred Honeck.
    • Fruhling in Wien.
    • Wiener Symphoniker.
    • 9.

Broadcast

  • Thu 19 Oct 2023 14:00