大象传媒

This week in Afternoon on 3 Louise Fryer presents the 大象传媒's orchestras and 大象传媒 Singers with a focus on the music of Anton Bruckner and composers closely associated with him.

Bruckner's works, in particular his symphonies, had detractors - most notably the influential Austrian critic Eduard Hanslick and other supporters of Johannes Brahms - who pointed to their huge length and Bruckner's use of repetition, not to mention his propensity to revise many of his works, often with the assistance of colleagues, and his apparent indecision about which versions he preferred. On the other hand, Bruckner was greatly admired by many younger composers, including his friend Gustav Mahler, who described him as "half simpleton, half God".

Today's programme includes the 大象传媒 Singers in Bruckner motets and the Ulster Orchestra playing his Symphony no. 1; together with works by Wagner, Liszt and Mahler.

Bruckner: Locus Iste
大象传媒 Singers
Stephen Cleobury (conductor)

Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder
Susan Bickley (mezzo-soprano)
大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales
Sian Edwards (conductor)

c. 2.25pm
Liszt: Dante Symphony (S.109)
Hillevi Martinpelto (soprano)
Sheffield Philharmonic Choir
大象传媒 Philharmonic Orchestra
Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)

c. 3.05pm
Bruckner: Ave Maria; Christus factus est; Os justi
大象传媒 Singers
Stephen Cleobury (conductor)

c. 3.20pm
Mahler: Des Antonius von Padua Fischpredigt; Wo die schonen Trompeten blasen; Lob des hohen Verstandes; Revelge from Des Knaben Wunderhorn
Kevin Greenlaw (baritone)
大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales
Francois-Xavier Roth (conductor)

c. 3.40pm
Patric Standford: Stabat Mater
大象传媒 Singers
Paul Brough (conductor)

c. 4.10pm
Bruckner: Symphony No.1 in C Minor (Linz version)
Ulster Orchestra
Christian Gansch (conductor).

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