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Friday - European Concert Showcase

Tom McKinney presents a selection of the finest concerts from across Europe, ending with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and the Orchestre de Paris.

Tom McKinney presents the last of this week's selection of concerts from across Europe, celebrating 50 years of the European Broadcasting Union's music exchange - a swapping service between European broadcasters. Today's main concert is from the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, with Daniele Gatti conducting Beethoven and Brahms. Plus a final visit to the Prague Spring International Music Festival with the Orchestre de Paris in Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition.

2pm:
Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D, Op 61
Brahms: Symphony No 1 in C minor, Op 68
Frank Peter Zimmermann (violin)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
conductor Daniele Gatti

c.3.30pm:
Ravel: Daphnis et Chloe Suite No 2
Canteloube: Songs of the Auvergne
Mussorgsky, orch Ravel: Pictures at an Exhibition
Kate Lindsey, mezzo-soprano
Orchestre de Paris
conductor Thomas Hengelbrock.

3 hours

Music Played

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Concerto in D major Op.61 for violin and orchestra

    Performer: Frank Peter Zimmermann. Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Daniele Gatti.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Symphony no. 1 in C minor Op.68

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Daniele Gatti.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Daphnis et Chloe - suite no. 2

    Orchestra: Orchestre de Paris – Philharmonie. Conductor: Thomas Hengelbrock.
  • Joseph Canteloube

    Chants d'Auvergne

    Orchestra: Orchestre de Paris – Philharmonie. Singer: Kate Lindsey. Conductor: Thomas Hengelbrock.
  • Joseph Canteloube

    Chants d'Auvergne 2; Bailero (Chant de bergers de Haute-Auvergne)

    Orchestra: Orchestre de Paris – Philharmonie. Singer: Kate Lindsey. Conductor: Thomas Hengelbrock.
  • Modest Mussorgsky

    Pictures from an exhibition

    Orchestra: Orchestre de Paris – Philharmonie. Conductor: Thomas Hengelbrock.
  • Oskar Morawetz

    Carnival overture

    Orchestra: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Peter Oundjian.

Credit

Role Contributor
Performer ´óÏó´«Ã½ Scottish Symphony Orchestra

Broadcast

  • Fri 1 Dec 2017 14:00