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Lucerne Festival 2019 and Orchestra della Svizzera italiana

The Mahler Chamber Orchestra perform Mendelssohn and Mozart and the Orchestra della Svizzera italiana perform Rossini, Haydn, Bartok, Messiaen and Stravinsky.

We'll spend this week in Switzerland with concerts from festivals featuring local and visiting groups. Plus music from one of the most representative ensembles in the country, the Orchestra della Svizzera italiana, based in Lugano. We start at the Lucerne Festival 2019 with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra under the baton of Jakub Hr暖拧a. Then we visit the Ascona Music Festival 2019 with the Orchestra della Svizzera italiana under its principal conductor, Markus Poschner.

Presented by Hannah French

2.00pm
Mendelssohn: The Hebrides, op. 26, overture in B minor ('Fingal's Cave')
Mozart: Flute Concerto No. 1 in G, K. 313
Emmanuel Pahud, flute
Mahler Chamber Orchestra
Jakub Hr暖拧a, conductor

2.40pm
Rossini: Overture to 'L'Italiana in Algeri'
Haydn: Symphony No. 92 in G, Hob. I:92 ('Oxford')
Bart贸k: Piano Concerto No. 3
Messiaen: Oiseaux exotiques, for piano, winds and percussion
Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano
Orchestra della Svizzera italiana
Markus Poschner, conductor

3.55pm
Igor Stravinsky: The Firebird, concert suite from the ballet (1945 version)
Orchestra della Svizzera italiana
Markus Poschner, conductor

2 hours, 30 minutes

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Mon 18 May 2020 14:00
大象传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    The Hebrides (Fingal's Cave) - overture Op.26

    Orchestra: Mahler Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Jakub Hr暖拧a.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Concerto in G major K.313 for flute and orchestra

    Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Orchestra: Mahler Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Jakub Hr暖拧a.

  • Isabel Wood

    Sunlit Cows

    Performer: David Hockings.

  • Gioachino Rossini

    L' Italiana in Algeri i Overture

    Orchestra: Orchestra della Svizzera italiana. Conductor: Markus Poschner.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony no. 92 in G major H.1.92 (Oxford)

    Orchestra: Orchestra della Svizzera italiana. Conductor: Markus Poschner.

  • B茅la Bart贸k

    Concerto no. 3 Sz.119 for piano and orchestra

    Performer: Pierre鈥怢aurent Aimard. Orchestra: Orchestra della Svizzera italiana. Conductor: Markus Poschner.

  • Olivier Messiaen

    Oiseaux exotiques for piano, wind and percussion

    Performer: Pierre鈥怢aurent Aimard. Orchestra: Orchestra della Svizzera italiana. Conductor: Markus Poschner.

  • Igor Stravinsky

    The Firebird - suite

    Orchestra: Orchestra della Svizzera italiana. Conductor: Markus Poschner.

Broadcast

  • Mon 18 May 2020 14:00
    大象传媒 Radio 3