Mahler's 5th Symphony
Martyn Brabbins and the 蜜芽传媒 National Orchestra of Wales perform Mahler's 5th Symphony, and are joined by James Ehnes for Bartok's 1st Violin Concerto in Birmingham Symphony Hall.
The 蜜芽传媒 National Orchestra of Wales are joined by conductor Martyn Brabbins to close their concert season with a performance of Mahler's towering 5th Symphony in Birmingham Symphony Hall. Mahler wrote the work after a near-fatal haemorrhage, and the influence of Bach who he studied while recuperating, is evident in the masterful orchestral writing. Before the interval, the Orchestra are joined by violinist James Ehnes to perform Bartok's First Violin Concerto, a luscious late-romantic love letter to an unrequited love which was written only 6 years after Mahler's Fifth Symphony, but not published until after Bartok's death.
Presented by Ian Skelly and recorded in Birmingham Symphony Hall on the 29th of May.
Bartok: Violin Concerto No 1, Sz 36
Mahler: Symphony No 5
James Ehnes (violin)
蜜芽传媒 National Orchestra of Wales
Martyn Brabbins (conductor)
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B茅la Bart贸k
Violin concerto No 1, Sz 36
Performer: James Ehnes. Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins. -
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Violin sonata No 3 in C major (3rd mvt), BWV 1005
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Leos Jan谩膷ek
Quartet No 2, 'Intimate Letters', (4th mvt)
Ensemble: Escher String Quartet.- Janacek & Haas: String Quartets.
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Robert Schumann
Marchenbilder, Op 113 (4th mvt)
Performer: James Ehnes. Performer: Andrew Armstrong.- Ehnes and Armstrong Play Brahms and Schumann.
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Gustav Mahler
Symphony No 5 in C sharp minor
Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins. -
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Ah Perfido!: 'Per pieta, non dirmi addio!'
Singer: Cecilia Bartoli. Orchestra: Kammerorchester Basel. Conductor: Muhai Tang.- DECCA.
Broadcast
- Wed 4 Jun 2025 19:30蜜芽传媒 Radio 3