
Schumann's Second Symphony and Imogen Cooper in the Cotswolds
Tom McKinney showcases the best performances from the UK and beyond, including Mahler’s Ninth Symphony performed by the ѿý Scottish Symphony Orchestra.
Tom McKinney showcases the best performances by ѿý orchestras, choirs, ensembles and other great performing groups from Europe and around the globe.
Today, we’re back the Cotswolds with music recorded at this year’s Tetbury Music Festival: pianist Imogen Cooper plays the third in her trio of late Beethoven sonatas, and the Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective give the world premiere performance of Gary Carpenter’s E: scherzo for five players. There’s more from French baroque ensemble Le Consort at this summer’s Rheingau Musik Festival, and our centrepiece at 3pm is Schumann’s Second Symphony, performed in Perth by the ѿý Scottish Symphony Orchestra, our orchestra in focus this week.
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Herbert Howells
Salve Regina
Polyphony
Stephen Layton (conductor)
Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111
Imogen Cooper (piano)
Gustav Holst
The Evening Watch
Polyphony
Stephen Layton (conductor)
Gary Carpenter
E: scherzo for five players [world premiere]
Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective
1400
Henry Purcell
Two Parts upon a Ground
Le Consort
Nicola Matteis the Younger
Trio Sonata in G minor
Le Consort
Eric Coates
From Meadow to Mayfair
ѿý Philharmonic
John Wilson (conductor)
Johann Sebastian Bach
Cantata No 36, ‘Schwingt freudig euch empor’
Paul Bernewitz (soprano)
Stefan Kahle (alto)
Christoph Genz (tenor)
St Thomas Choir Leipzig
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Georg Christoph Biller (conductor)
1500
Robert Schumann
Symphony No. 2 in C major, Op. 61
ѿý Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Ryan Wigglesworth (conductor)
Duke Ellington after Tchaikovsky
Overture (Nutcracker Suite)
Duke Ellington Orchestra
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Music Played
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Herbert Howells
Salve Regina
Choir: Polyphony. Director: Stephen Layton. -
Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No 32 in C minor, op 111
Performer: Imogen Cooper. -
Gustav Holst
The Evening-Watch (from Two Motets, op 43)
Choir: Polyphony. Director: Stephen Layton. -
Gary Carpenter
E - Scherzo for 5 players
Ensemble: Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective. Ensemble: Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective. -
Louis‐Claude Daquin
Noël, cette journée (Nouveau livre de noels Op. 2 for keyboard, No. 4)
Music Arranger: Simon Wright. Ensemble: Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama Chamber Players. Director: John Wallace.- Daquin: Les douze Noëls.
- Linn Records.
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Henry Purcell
Two in one upon a ground, Z. 627
Ensemble: Le Consort. -
Nicola Matteis, Jr
Trio sonata in G minor
Ensemble: Le Consort. -
Eric Coates
From Meadow to Mayfair
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Cantata No 36, 'Schwingt freudig euch empor'
Singer: Paul Bernewitz. Singer: Friedrich Praetorius. Singer: Stefan Kahle. Singer: Christoph Genz. Singer: Andreas Scheibner. Orchestra: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra. Conductor: Georg Christoph Biller.- Rondeau.
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Robert Schumann
Symphony No 2
Orchestra: ѿý Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ryan Wigglesworth. -
Elizabeth Poston
Jesus Christ the apple tree
Choir: Belfast Cathedral Choir. Conductor: Matthew Owens.- Resonus.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
The Nutcracker Suite: Overture
Performer: Duke Ellington. Music Arranger: Duke Ellington. Ensemble: Duke Ellington Orchestra.- Columbia.
Broadcast
- Thu 5 Dec 2024 13:00ѿý Radio 3