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Rachmaninov's Symphony No 2

The Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra perform Rachmaninov's Second Symphony, plus music by Monteverdi from L'Arpeggiata.

Fiona Talkington presents great concert performances from the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ performing groups and from across Europe. Today's 3pm highlight is a performance of Rachmaninov's Symphony No.2 with the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra. Also today, music by Monteverdi and his contemporaries performed by L'Arpeggiata directed by Christina Pluhar.

2.00pm
Bellini
I Capuleti ed i Montecchi: Overture
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Concert Orchestra
Rumon Gamba, conductor

Monteverdi, etc
Remembering: Homo fugit velut umbra...
A sequence of music curated by Christina Pluhar & Marco Beasley
Scene 2
L'Arpeggiata
Christina Pluhar, director

Offenbach
Orpheus in the Underworld: Ballet Pastoral
Toulouse Capitole Orchestra
Michel Plasson, conductor

Monteverdi, etc
Remembering: Homo fugit velut umbra...
Scene 3
L'Arpeggiata
Christina Pluhar, director

3.00pm
Rachmaninov
Symphony no.2 in E minor
Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra
Marek Sedivy, conductor

Monteverdi, etc
Remembering: Homo fugit velut umbra...
Scene 4
L'Arpeggiata
Christina Pluhar, director

Martinu
Dream of the Past
Sinfonia Varsovia
Ian Hobson, conductor

Bartok
Music for strings, percussion and celesta: Finale
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
Susanna Malkki, conductor

3 hours, 1 minute

Last on

Tue 21 Nov 2023 14:00

Music Played

  • Vincenzo Bellini

    Capuleti ed i Montecchi (Overture)

    Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Symphony No. 2 in E minor, op. 27

    Orchestra: Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Marek Sedivy.
  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Scene II - Le nozze di Orfeo ed Euridice

    Singer: Cyril Auvity. Singer: Céline Scheen. Singer: Benedetta Mazzucato. Singer: Renato Dolcini. Singer: Marco Beasley. Ensemble: L’Arpeggiata. Conductor: Christina Pluhar.
  • Jacques Offenbach

    Orpheus in the Underworld: Ballet Pastoral

    Orchestra: Toulouse Capitole Orchestra. Conductor: Michel Plasson.
    • EMI.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    13 Preludes Op.32 for piano; no.5 in G major

    Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • DECCA.
  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Scena III - La morte di Euridice

    Singer: Cyril Auvity. Singer: Céline Scheen. Singer: Benedetta Mazzucato. Singer: Renato Dolcini. Singer: Marco Beasley. Ensemble: L’Arpeggiata. Conductor: Christina Pluhar.
  • Claude Debussy

    Clair de lune (Suite bergamasque)

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • Stephen Hough's French Album.
    • Hyperion.
    • 15.
  • Francis Poulenc

    Clarinet Sonata (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Michael Collins. Performer: Michael McHale.
    • The Lyrical Clarinet.
    • Chandos.
    • 18.
  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Scena IV - Orfeo negli inferni

    Singer: Cyril Auvity. Singer: Céline Scheen. Singer: Benedetta Mazzucato. Singer: Renato Dolcini. Singer: Marco Beasley. Ensemble: L’Arpeggiata. Conductor: Christina Pluhar.
  • Bohuslav Martinů

    Dream of the Past

    Orchestra: Sinfonia Varsovia. Conductor: Ian Hobson.
    • Martinů: Early Orchestral Works, Vol. 3.
    • Toccata Classics.
    • 301.
  • Luigi Boccherini

    Fandango (Guitar Quintet No 4 in D major)

    Performer: Andreas Staier. Performer: Christine Schornsheim. Performer: Adela González-Campa.
    • TELDEC.
  • Béla Bartók

    Music for strings, percussion and celesta Sz.106: 4th mvt; Allegro molto

    Orchestra: Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Susanna Mälkki.
    • Bartók: Orchestral Works.
    • BIS.
    • 4.

Broadcast

  • Tue 21 Nov 2023 14:00