Strauss Songs and Brahms in Bath Abbey
The newly formed Bath Festival Orchestra play Weber, Strauss's orchestral songs with soloist Rowan Pierce and Brahms's Serenade in D, in the historic setting of Bath Abbey.
After two years of closure for major refurbishment, Bath Abbey is the historic setting for the opening concert of 2021 Bath Festival. Peter Manning conducts the newly formed Bath Festival Orchestra in Weber's thrilling Overture to his romantic drama Der Freisch眉tz. The young soprano Rowan Pierce joins the orchestra for a set of Richard Strauss's songs.
After a lengthy gap, during which Strauss had been preoccupied with writing operas, his opus 68 songs of 1918 affirmed his mastery of the form was undiminished. Touchingly, Morgen was among the songs Strauss gave as a wedding present to his wife, the soprano Pauline de Ahna, and this setting of a text by John Henry Mackay remains one of his most enduring. The first of Brahms' two serenades finds the composing revelling in the symphonic form. Originally scored for a chamber ensemble in 1859, Brahms enlarged the work for a full orchestra, exploiting the instrument combinations, colours, effects and contrasts to great effect.
Recorded on Monday, and introduced by Nicola Heywood Thomas
7.30 Weber: Overture Der Freisch眉tz
Ich wollt ein Str盲usslein binden, op 68/2
S盲usle, liebe Myrthe, op 68/3
Amor, op 68/5
Morgen, op 27/4
Das Rosenband, op 36/1
c.8.10 Interval
Brahms: Serenade No 1 in D, op 11
Bath Festival Orchestra
Peter Manning, conductor
Rowan Pierce, soprano
Producers: Johannah Smith & Amelia Parker for 大象传媒 Wales
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Carl Maria von Weber
Der Freischutz Overture
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Richard Strauss
Leider Op 68, Nos 2, 3 & 5
Orchestra: Bath Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Peter Manning. Singer: Rowan Pierce. -
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Richard Strauss
Morgen, Op 27, No 4
Orchestra: Bath Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Peter Manning. Singer: Rowan Pierce. -
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Richard Strauss
Das Rosenband, Op 36, No 1
Orchestra: Bath Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Peter Manning. Singer: Rowan Pierce. -
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Eine kleine gigue, K 574
Performer: Peter King.- REGENT : REG CD-244.
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- 11.
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Manuel de Falla
Danse Espagnole No1, arr. Kreisler for violin and piano
Performer: Yehudi Menuhin. Performer: Artur Balsam.- WARNER CLASSICS : 2564634267.
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- 14.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No 4 in G major, BWV 1049 (1st mvt)
Orchestra: Bath Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Yehudi Menuhin. -
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Johannes Brahms
Serenade No 1 in D major, Op 11
Orchestra: Bath Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Peter Manning. -
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George Enescu
Symphonie concertante in B minor, Op.8
Performer: Alban Gerhardt. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Carlos Kalmar.- HYPERION.
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Max Bruch
In Memoriam, Op.65
Performer: Jack Liebeck. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.- HYPERION.
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- Wed 19 May 2021 19:30大象传媒 Radio 3