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Respighi's Roman Festivals

The ѿý Symphony Orchestra conducted by Nil Venditti play Puccini, Respighi, Fazil Say's Grand Bazaar, and Anna Clyne's Grasslands with saxophone soloist Jess Gillam.

The ѿý Symphony Orchestra conducted by Nil Venditti play Puccini, Respighi, Fazil Say's Grand Bazaar, and Anna Clyne's Grasslands with saxophone soloist Jess Gillam.

Recorded at the Barbican, London. Presented by Martin Handley.

Fazil Say: Grand Bazaar
Anna Clyne: Glasslands (London premiere)

Interval

Giacomo Puccini: Preludio sinfonico
Ottorino Respighi: Feste romane

Jess Gillam (saxophone)
ѿý Symphony Orchestra
Nil Venditti (conductor)

The Grand Bazaar of Istanbul: a trading place of civilisations, in which the tales told are as countless as the treasures for sale. The eternal city of Rome, where la dolce vita thrives amid the memory of far older – and more savage – celebrations. An Irish legend of banshees and night terrors, retold by two of 21st century Britain’s liveliest musical voices and highlighting the wonderfully communicative gifts of saxophone virtuoso Jess Gillam.

Well, they say a musical picture is worth a thousand words, and for Turkish composer Fazil Say, his vibrant home city represents a place “without any borders, not even in the mind.” Closing the concert is Respighi’s Feste romane: a blockbuster Roman tone-poem that certainly doesn’t hold back.

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2 hours, 14 minutes

Music Played

  • Fazil Say

    Grand Bazaar

    Orchestra: ѿý Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Nil Venditti.
  • Anna Clyne

    Glasslands

    Orchestra: ѿý Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Nil Venditti.
  • Traditional Irish

    Traditional 17th Century Irish Tune - Give me your Hand

  • Fazil Say

    Black Earth

    Performer: Fazil Say.
    • ACM.
  • Giovanni Sollima

    Il mandataro (after Costanzi)

    Performer: Giovanni Sollima. Ensemble: Arianna Art Ensemble.
    • Glossa.
  • Giacomo Puccini

    Preludio Sinfonico

    Orchestra: ѿý Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Nil Venditti.
  • Ottorino Respighi

    Feste Romane

    Orchestra: ѿý Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Nil Venditti.
  • Franz Schubert

    Fantasie in F minor for piano duet, D 940

    Performer: Paul Lewis. Performer: Steven Osborne.
    • Franz Schubert Piano Duets; Steven Osbourne / Paul Lewis.
    • Hyperion.
    • 6.
  • Niccolò Paganini

    Caprice in G minor, Op 1 No 6

    Performer: Tanja Becker-Bender.
    • Paganini: 24 Caprices, Op. 1: Tanja Becker-Bender.
    • Hyperion.
    • 6.

Broadcast

  • Last Wednesday 19:30