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European Summer Festivals - Week 2, Monday

Ian Skelly introduces a second week of recordings from European summer festivals, including music from Mendelssohn to Missy Mazzoli.

Ian Skelly introduces a second week of recordings from this year's European summer festivals. James Gaffigan conducts the Bergen Philharmonic in the music of George Walker and Missy Mazzoli, there's a double helping of Mendelssohn in Brussels, and Sibelius in Granada.

Throughout the week, Ian will also present recordings of pieces created by the winners of the 2019 ´óÏó´«Ã½ Young Composer competition.

Including:

Bergen International Festival
John Adams: The Chairman Dances, Foxtrot for orchestra
Walker: Lyric for Strings
Missy Mazzoli: Vespers for Violin; Dark with Excessive Bright (violin concerto arrangement)
Peter Herresthal (violin), Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, James Gaffigan (conductor)

Brussels Festival Musiq3
Mendelssohn: The Hebrides, op. 26, overture in B minor ('Fingal's Cave')
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor, op. 64
Renaud Capuçon (violin), Brussels Philharmonic Orchestra, Stéphane Denève (conductor)

Granada Festival
Sibelius: Symphony No. 6 in D minor, op. 104
Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Klaus Mäkelä (conductor)

2 hours, 31 minutes

Last on

Mon 2 Aug 2021 14:00

Music Played

  • John Adams

    The Chairman dances - foxtrot

    Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: James Gaffigan.
  • Joseph Bodin de Boismortier

    Cello Concerto in D major Op.26`6

    Performer: Igor Bobovich. Ensemble: La Voce Strumentale. Conductor: Dmitry Sinkovsky.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Le Tombeau de Couperin

    Orchestra: Orchestre de Paris – Philharmonie. Conductor: Klaus Mäkelä.
  • Sasha Scott

    Nerve

    Orchestra: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Hugh Brunt.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    The Hebrides (Fingal's Cave) - overture Op.26

    Orchestra: Brussels Philharmonic. Conductor: Stéphane Denève.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Violin Concerto in E minor Op.64

    Performer: Renaud Capuçon. Orchestra: Brussels Philharmonic. Conductor: Stéphane Denève.
  • George Walker

    Lyric for Strings

    Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: James Gaffigan.
  • Missy Mazzoli

    Dark with Excessive Bright

    Performer: Peter Herresthal. Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: James Gaffigan.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Symphony no. 6 in D minor Op.104

    Orchestra: Mahler Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Klaus Mäkelä.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Seasons Op.37b; August (Harvest)

    Performer: Denis Matsuev.
    • RCA.

Broadcast

  • Mon 2 Aug 2021 14:00