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Wednesday - Mendelssohn in Italy

François Leleux conducts the Orchestra della Svizzera italiana in Mendelssohn's Fourth Symphony, 'Italian'. Also music by Louise Farrenc, JS Bach, Berg and Ginastera.

Fiona Talkington introduces an afternoon of live performances from ´óÏó´«Ã½ orchestras and other ensembles across Europe.

Today, François Leleux conducts the Orchestra della Svizzera italiana in Mendelssohn's Symphony No. 4, 'Italian'. The ´óÏó´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra play the music of Louise Farrenc and Samy Moussa, the latter as part of this week's focus on living composers. From Freiburg, JS Bach's motet Komm, Jesu, Komm with the Windsbach Boys' Choir, and Emmanuel Ceysson is the soloist in Ginastera's Harp Concerto with the Prague Philharmonia.

Including:

Louise Farrenc: Overture No.1, Op.23
´óÏó´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra
François Leleux, conductor

JS Bach: Komm, Jesu, komm, motet, BWV229
Windsbach Boys' Choir
Freiburg Baroque Orchestra
Martin Lehmann, conductor

Berg: Violin Concerto ('To the memory of an angel')
Frank Peter Zimmermann, violin
Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra
Alain Altinoglu, conductor

c.3pm
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 in A major, Op 90, ‘Italian’
Dallapiccola: Piccola musica notturna
Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana
François Leleux, conductor

Ginastera: Harp Concerto, op. 25
Emmanuel Ceysson, harp
Prague Philharmonia
Emmanuel Villaume, conductor

Samy Moussa: Orpheus for piano and orchestra
Clare Hammond, piano
´óÏó´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra
Geoffrey Paterson, conductor

2 hours, 1 minute

Last on

Wed 3 Nov 2021 14:00

Music Played

  • Louise Farrenc

    Overture No.1 Op.23

    Orchestra: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: François Leleux.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Komm, Jesu, komm, BWV 229, motet

    Choir: Windsbacher Boys Choir. Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Martin Lehmann.
  • Alban Berg

    Violin Concerto ('To the memory of an angel')

    Performer: Frank Peter Zimmermann. Orchestra: Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Alain Altinoglu.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Largo, from Violin Sonata No. 3 in C, BWV 1005

    Performer: Frank Peter Zimmermann.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Symphony No. 4 in A, op. 90 ('Italian')

    Orchestra: Orchestra della Svizzera italiana. Conductor: François Leleux.
  • Alberto Ginastera

    Harp Concerto, op. 25

    Performer: Emmanuel Ceysson. Orchestra: Prague Philharmonia. Conductor: Emmanuel Villaume.
  • Samy Moussa

    Orpheus for piano and orchestra

    Performer: Clare Hammond. Orchestra: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Geoffrey Paterson.
  • Manuel de Falla

    Ritual Fire Dance (El amor brujo)

    Orchestra: Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Eduardo Mata.
    • Music of Manuel De Falla: Simon Bolivar Symophony Orchestra, Mata, Senn.
    • Dorian.
    • 1.

Broadcast

  • Wed 3 Nov 2021 14:00