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Summer Festivals

Harp music by Debussy and Alvars, and Mahler's epic Symphony No 3 performed by the Israel Philharmonic in highlights from summer festivals in Germany and Poland, with Tom McKinney

Tom McKinney with a week of highlights from recent European Summer festivals, starting with music from the 2020 Schleswig-Holstein Festival in Northern Germany. French harpist Xavier de Maistre plays Debussy's set of two dances for the instrument which he said evoked 'gravity and grace', and a concertino by the 19th century Devon-born composer Elias Parish Alvars. Alvars became the principal harpist at the Vienna Opera in 1836, undertook concert tours with his wife Melanie Lewy who was also a harpist, and was described by Berlioz as 'the Liszt of the harp'. We end the afternoon with Mahler's vast nature-inspired Symphony No 3, recorded at last year's Wratislavia Cantans Festival in Poland.

Debussy: Danse sacr茅e et Danse profane
Elias Parish Alvars arr Zabaleta: Concertino in E minor for Harp and Orchestra, op. 34
Xavier de Maistre, harp
Mahler Chamber Orchestra

Mahler: Symphony No 3 in D minor
Gerhild Romberger, mezzo-soprano
National Forum of Music Boys' Chorus
National Forum of Music Chorus
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
Zubin Mehta, conductor

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Mon 7 Sep 2020 14:00
大象传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Claude Debussy

    Danse sacr茅e et Danse profane

    Performer: Xavier de Maistre. Orchestra: Mahler Chamber Orchestra.
    • DENDR.

  • Elias Parish Alvars

    Concertino in E minor for harp and orchestra, Op 34

    Performer: Xavier de Maistre. Music Arranger: Nicanor Zabaleta. Orchestra: Mahler Chamber Orchestra.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    AC Wk 36 Mon_3 of 4_Mozart Divertimento in D K.136

    Orchestra: Mahler Chamber Orchestra.

  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony no 3 in D minor

    Singer: Gerhild Romberger. Choir: National Forum of Music Boys' Chorus. Choir: National Forum of Music Chorus. Orchestra: Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Zubin Mehta.

  • Antonio Bazzini

    Calabrese, Op 34 No 6

    Performer: Chlo毛 Hanslip. Performer: Caspar Frantz.
    • NAXOS.

Broadcast

  • Mon 7 Sep 2020 14:00
    大象传媒 Radio 3