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LSO with Rattle and Hannigan

The LSO, conducted by both Simon Rattle and Barbara Hannigan, perform a programme of music at LSO St Luke's by Ravel, Lou Harrison, Varese and Barber.

Recorded in March at LSO St Luke's, the LSO perform an eclectic programme of music from Ravel to Lou Harrison, Varese and Samuel Barber.

The soprano Barbara Hannigan appears as both soloist and conductor in Samuel Barber's Knoxville Summer of 1915, his setting of a text by American writer, James Agee capturing his childhood memories of life in Knoxville.

Much of Lou Harrison's music is inspired by visual artefacts; his Song of Quetzalcoatl captures the startling colours of an Aztec Feathered Serpent, the Quetzalcoatl.
Soprano Barbara Hannigan joins the orchestra for Varese's extraordinary Offrandes, and the evening ends with Ravel's lushly magical score to his ballet Mother Goose.

Presented by Martin Handley

Samuel Barber: Knoxville: Summer of 1915*
Lou Harrison: Song of Quetzalcoatl
(percussionists: Neil Percy, David Jackson, Sam Walton and Tom Edwards)

Interval Music:
A recording of Ravel's Introduction and Allegro by the Ensemble Wien-Berlin.
Then Martin Handley chats live to Barbara Hannigan about combining the two roles of conducting and singing.

Edgard Var猫se: Offrandes
Maurice Ravel: Mother Goose 鈥� Ballet

Barbara Hannigan (soprano / *soprano & conductor)
London Symphony Orchestra
Sir Simon Rattle (conductor)

2 hours, 28 minutes

Last on

Tue 20 Apr 2021 19:30
大象传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Samuel Barber

    Knoxville: Summer of 1915

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Singer: Barbara Hannigan. Conductor: Barbara Hannigan.

  • Lou Harrison

    Song of Quetzalcoatl

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

  • Maurice Ravel

    Introduction and Allegro

    Ensemble: Ensemble Wien-Berlin.
    • Ravel/Debussy: Sonata/Pavane/Chansons de Bilitis: Ensemble Wien-Berlin/Deneuve.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 1.

  • Edgard Var猫se

    Offrandes

    Singer: Barbara Hannigan. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Mother Goose - Ballet

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

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata No. 29 in B flat, Op.106 'Hammerklavier'

    Performer: Steven Osborne.
    • HYPERION.

  • Franz Schubert

    String Quartet in D minor, D810 (鈥楧eath and the Maiden鈥�); 1st mvt, Allegro

    Performer: Alban Berg Quartett.
    • EMI.

Broadcast

  • Tue 20 Apr 2021 19:30
    大象传媒 Radio 3