Edinburgh 70: Usher Hall Opening Concert
The EIF Opening Concert features the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and the Edinburgh Festival Chorus performing Haydn's Surprise Symphony and Mendelssohn's Lobgesang Symphony.
Celebrating the 70th year of the Edinburgh International Festival, the opening concert features the Scottish Chamber Orchestra performing Haydn's Surprise Symphony, which opened the first ever festival. The orchestra are joined by the Edinburgh Festival Chorus and soloists for Mendelssohn's expansive Lobgesang Symphony. The concert is directed by the exciting young Spanish conductor Pablo Heras-Casado.
Haydn: Symphony No 94 'Surprise'
8.00pm Interval
A chance to hear some of the music associated with the first Edinburgh Festival in 1947 but recorded by tonight's soloists on disc. Dorothea R枚schmann with Mozart's Porgi amor from The Marriage of Figaro; Werner G眉ra with Gute Nacht from Schubert's Die Winterreise; and Emma Bell with songs by an important participant of the original Festival, Bruno Walter.
8.20pm
Mendelssohn: Symphony No 2 'Lobgesang'
Dorothea R枚schmann, soprano
Emma Bell, soprano
Werner G眉ra, tenor
Edinburgh Festival Chorus
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Pablo Heras-Casado, conductor
Recorded 5th August at The Usher Hall, Edinburgh
Presented by Jamie MacDougall.
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Joseph Haydn
Symphony No 94 'The Surprise'
Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Pablo Heras鈥怌asado. -
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Porgi Amor (from The Marriage of Figaro)
Performer: Dorothea R枚schmann. -
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Franz Schubert
Gute Nacht (from Winterreise)
Performer: Werner G眉ra. -
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Bruno Walter
Waltraut's Lied I
Performer: Emma Bell. -
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Bruno Walter
Waltraut's Lied II
Performer: Emma Bell. -
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Bruno Walter
Liebeslust
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Felix Mendelssohn
Symphony No 2 (Lobgesang)
Performer: Dorothea R枚schmann. Performer: Emma Bell. Performer: Werner G眉ra. Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Choir: Edinburgh Festival Chorus. Conductor: Pablo Heras鈥怌asado. -
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Ann Millikan
Millikan Symphony: 1. Science; 2. Animals
Performer: Jennifer Curtis. Orchestra: Boston Modern Orchestra Project. Conductor: Gil Rose.- Millikan Symphony.
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Vincenzo Bellini
I Capuleti e i Montecchi (Overture)
Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Donald Runnicles.- Teldec.
Broadcast
- Mon 11 Sep 2017 19:30大象传媒 Radio 3