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大象传媒 NOW - Mozart, Beethoven, Berlioz, Massenet, Ravel

大象传媒 NOW/Thierry Fischer. Mozart: Overture (La Clemenza di Tito). Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 1 (with Ingrid Fliter). Berlioz: Romeo and Juliet (excerpt). Plus Massenet and Ravel.

Presented by Nicola Heywood Thomas

Thierry Fischer closes his final season as Principal Conductor of the 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales with a concert from the Brangwyn Hall in Swansea, featuring three French composers dear to his heart - Ravel, Massenet and Berlioz. In the first half, he welcomes the exciting young Argentinian pianist Ingrid Fliter to Wales, playing Beethoven's spirited first concerto.

Thierry Fischer introduces an afternoon of musical storytelling and orchestral virtuosity. His musical narrative takes us from Mozart's operatic overture revealing a plot against an Roman emperor to the reverie of Shakespeare's Romeo in Berlioz's passionate symphony, through Massenet's fairy kingdom to Ravel's decedant Waltz, a farewell to old Vienna. Ingrid Fliter has been praised as a "pianistic force of nature" A recent graduate of Radio 3's New Generation Artis scheme, Ingrid makes her debut with the orchestra playing Beethoven's bright and ebullient first concerto.

Mozart: La Clemenza di Tito - overture
Beethoven: Piano Concerto no.1 in C major
Berlioz: Romeo and Juliet - Romeo alone
Massenet: Scenes de feerie (Suite no.6)
Ravel: La valse

Ingrid Fliter (piano)
大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales
Thierry Fischer (Principal Conductor)

Recorded on Saturday 23 June.

45 minutes

Music Played

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    La Clemenza di Tito - overture

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Concerto no.1 in C major

  • Hector Berlioz

    Romeo et Juliet - Romeo alone

  • Jules Massenet

    Suite no.6 (Scenes de feerie)

  • Maurice Ravel

    La Valse

Broadcast

  • Sun 1 Jul 2012 14:00