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The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra at the Proms

大象传媒 Proms 2020

Riccardo Chailly leads the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in Beethoven鈥檚 First Symphony and Prokofiev鈥檚 Third.

In 2020, 大象传媒 Radio 3 is bringing together musical greats, from the past and the present, in one extraordinary Proms season. Radio 3 is broadcasting the best of four decades of unmissable Proms concerts.

The sparkling overture from Rossini鈥檚 opera Semiramide opens this Prom given by the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, led by Italian maestro Riccardo Chailly. Flexing his Beethoven muscles, Chailly gives his unique reading of the composer鈥檚 First Symphony 鈥� a work later captured as part of a complete cycle, recorded with the Leipzig Gewandhausorchester from 2007 to 2009.

Rounding off the programme is Prokofiev鈥檚 striking Third Symphony. Written in 1928, it was a direct and spirited reaction to the disappointment Prokofiev experienced with his opera The Fiery Angel, whose first performance, accepted by Bruno Walter for Berlin, had been summarily and indefinitely postponed. Though the second act was given in a concert in Paris conducted by Koussevitzky in June 1928, the opera as a whole was not seen until 1954. Prokofiev rescued some of the material by developing it symphonically; the result is a work of great drama and intensity.

Presented by Ian Skelly

Rossini: Semiramide 鈥� overture
Beethoven: Symphony No. 1 in C major
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 3 in C minor
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Riccardo Chailly (conductor)

(From 大象传媒 Proms 1990, 11 September)

2 hours, 28 minutes

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Music Played

  • Gioachino Rossini

    Concertgebouw - Chailly: Semiramide Overture

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Chailly - Concertgebouw; Beethoven - Symphony No 1

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Concertgebouw - Chailly: Prokofiev Symphony No 3

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Concertgebouw - Chailly: Dvorak Slavonic Dance in E minor Op72 No 2

    Conductor: Riccardo Chailly. Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Concertgebouw - Chailly: Dvorak Slavonic Dance in C major, Op 46 No 1

    Conductor: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Concertgebouw - Chailly: Shostakovich "Tea for Two"

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Suite for Jazz Band No 2

    Conductor: Riccardo Chailly. Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.
    • Shostakovich: The Jazz Album - Brautigam, Masseurs.
    • Decca.
    • 8.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata No. 24 in F sharp major Op. 78

    Performer: Zhang Zuo.

  • Cassie Kinoshi

    Magpie Chimney

    Performer: Alex Jakeman.

Broadcast

  • Wed 22 Jul 2020 19:30
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