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To the memory of an angel

Simon Rattle and the LSO play Schubert's joyful Ninth Symphony and are joined by Leonidas Kavakos for Berg's deeply felt Violin Concerto, dedicated 'to the memory of an angel'.

Cancelled as a public concert at the Barbican due to government Covid restrictions, the LSO nevertheless recorded this programme earlier this month under Covid-safe conditions at LSO St Luke's. For the first of two great Viennese works, Simon Rattle and his orchestra are joined by one of the world's leading violinists, Leonidas Kavakos. He's the soloist in Alban Berg's 1935 Violin Concerto, famously dedicated 'to the memory of an angel' -- the death of Manon Gropius, the teenage daughter of Alma Mahler and Bauhaus architect Walter Gropius, was a profound blow to Berg. It's deeply-felt music that has become a cornerstone of the repertoire and Kavakos is one of its most celebrated interpreters.

It takes a top-notch conductor and the utmost orchestral virtuosity to bring off the joyful energy and majestic sweep of Schubert's Ninth Symphony, so Rattle and the LSO make the perfect combination for an upbeat ending to an unmissable concert.

Introduced by Martin Handley.

Berg: Violin Concerto
Schubert: Symphony No 9, 'The Great'

Leonidas Kavakos (violin)
London Symphony Orchestra
Sir Simon Rattle (conductor)

2 hours, 28 minutes

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Fri 29 Jan 2021 19:30
大象传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Alban Berg

    Violin Concerto

    Performer: Leonidas Kavakos. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Violin Sonata No 2 in A major, Op 100 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Leonidas Kavakos. Performer: Yuja Wang.
    • Decca.

  • Franz Schubert

    Symphony No 9 in C major D944, 'The Great'

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.

  • Charles Gounod

    Symphony No 1 in D major

    Ensemble: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.
    • Gounod/Bizet: Symphony no.1/L'Arlesienne: St Paul Chamber Orch/Hogwood.
    • Decca.

  • Umberto Giordano

    Vicino a te s'acqueta (Andrea Chenier)

    Singer: Jonas Kaufmann. Choir: Chorus of Santa Cecilia. Orchestra: Orchestra of Santa Cecilia. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.
    • Verismo Arias: Jonas Kaufmann, Antonio Pappano.
    • Decca.
    • 17.

  • Richard Wagner

    Und ich, ich bin's (Parsifal)

    Singer: Ren茅 Pape. Choir: Chorus of German Opera, Berlin. Orchestra: Staatskapelle Berlin. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.
    • Rene Pape: Wagner.
    • DG.
    • 9.

Broadcast

  • Fri 29 Jan 2021 19:30
    大象传媒 Radio 3