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Under the Italian Sun (Bristol)

ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Proms 2025

Carlo Rizzi and the Orchestra of Welsh National Opera perform sumptuous works by Italian composers Respighi, Verdi, Rossini and Puccini.

Carlo Rizzi and the Orchestra of Welsh National Opera perform sumptuous works by Italian composers Respighi, Verdi, Rossini and Puccini.

Presented by Sarah Walker, live from Bristol Beacon.

Gioachino Rossini: William Tell Overture
Giacomo Puccini: Capriccio sinfonico
Luciano Berio: Folk Songs

c. 7.55pm interval Naomi Paxton visits the Holburne Museum in Bath to find out about Italian treasures collected by the founder on The Grand Tour from the director Chris Stephens and Professor Roey Sweet

c. 8.20pm Giuseppe Verdi: I vespri siciliani Overture
Ottorino Respighi: Il tramonto
Edward Elgar: In the South (Alassio)

Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera
Carlo Rizzi (conductor)

Elgar’s In the South captures the exhilarating feeling of an afternoon by the Ligurian coast. Sunset comes and goes for two young lovers in Respighi’s Il tramonto, whose quiet tragedy echoes the tensions in the overture from Verdi’s Sicilian Vespers. There’s exhilarating energy from Rossini’s William Tell overture, and a chance to glance ahead to the joys of Tosca and La bohème in Puccini’s tune-filled Capriccio sinfonico.

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2 hours, 29 minutes

Last on

Sun 24 Aug 2025 19:00
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Gioachino Rossini

    William Tell Overture

    Orchestra: Welsh National Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Carlo Rizzi.

  • Giacomo Puccini

    Cappriccio Sinfonico

    Orchestra: Welsh National Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Carlo Rizzi.

  • Luciano Berio

    Folk Songs

    Performer: Virginie Verrez. Orchestra: Welsh National Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Carlo Rizzi.

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    The Sicilian Vespers Overture

    Orchestra: Welsh National Opera Orchestra. Orchestra: Welsh National Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Carlo Rizzi.

  • Ottorino Respighi

    Il Tramonto

    Performer: Virginie Verrez. Orchestra: Welsh National Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Carlo Rizzi.

  • Edward Elgar

    In the South

    Orchestra: Welsh National Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Carlo Rizzi.

  • Franz Schubert

    Piano Sonata in B flat major, D.960 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Arthur Rubinstein.
    • The Rubinstein Collection: Schubert.
    • RCA.
    • 9-10.

  • Aaron Copland

    Laurie's Song (The Tender Land)

    Singer: Dawn Upshaw. Orchestra: Orchestra of St. Luke’s. Conductor: David Zinman.
    • Dawn Upshaw: The World So Wide.
    • Nonesuch.
    • 1.

Broadcast

  • Sun 24 Aug 2025 19:00
    ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 3

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