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Thursday - Hymn of Praise

Herbert Blomstedt and the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra and Choir perform Mendelssohn's Second Symphony, ‘Lobgesang - Hymn of Praise’. Plus, Gesualdo, Enescu and Betsy Jolas.

Fiona Talkington continues our week of unique recordings from the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Orchestras and some of Europe's best ensembles.

Today, Herbert Blomstedt conducts the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra and Choir in Mendelssohn's "Symphony-Cantata", the Symphony No. 2, ‘Lobgesang - Hymn of Praise’. Also, Falla's Three Cornered Hat Suite No.1 with the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Scottish Symphony Orchestra; Gesualdo's madrigals with Philippe Herreweghe and the Collegium Vocale Ghent, and JS Bach's Double Concerto with the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra.

Continuing this week's living composers series, music by Betsy Jolas with the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Scottish Symphony Orchestra.

Including:

Falla: Three Cornered Hat Suite No 2
´óÏó´«Ã½ Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Thomas Dausgaard, conductor

Melli: Il Carlino. Capriccio Cromatico
Gesualdo: Selection from Madrigali a 5 voci, libro Quinto
Thomas C. Boysen, lute
Collegium Vocale Ghent
Philippe Herreweghe, conductor

Enescu: Romanian Rhapsody No. 1 in A, op. 11/1
Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra
Mark Kadin, conductor

Beamish: Reed Stanzas (String Quartet No. 3)
Belinfante Quartet

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Mendelssohn: Symphony No.2, ‘Lobgesang - Hymn of Praise’
Simona Houda-Šaturová, soprano
Marie Henriette Reinhold, mezzo-soprano
Tilman Lichdi, tenor
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra & Choir
Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

Betsy Jolas: Just a minute
Betsy Jolas: Letters from Bachville
´óÏó´«Ã½ Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Ryan Wigglesworth, conductor

JS Bach: Double Concerto in D minor, BWV1043
Eva Borhi & Kathrin Troger, violins
Freiburg Baroque Orchestra
Martin Lehmann, conductor

Piccinini: Ricercare Primo
Gesualdo: Selection from Madrigali a 5 voci, libro Quinto
Thomas C. Boysen, lute
Collegium Vocale Ghent
Philippe Herreweghe, conductor

3 hours, 1 minute

Last on

Thu 4 Nov 2021 14:00

Music Played

  • Manuel de Falla

    Three Cornered Hat Suite No 1

    Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard. Orchestra: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Scottish Symphony Orchestra.
  • Pietro Paolo Melli

    Il Carlino. Capriccio Cromatico

    Performer: Thomas C. Boysen.
  • Carlo Gesualdo

    Selection from Madrigali a 5 voci, libro Quinto

    Ensemble: Collegium Vocale Gent. Conductor: Philippe Herreweghe.
  • George Enescu

    Romanian Rhapsody No. 1 in A, op. 11/1

    Orchestra: BNR Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Mark Kadin.
  • Sally Beamish

    Reed Stanzas (String Quartet No. 3)

    Ensemble: Belinfante Quartet.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Symphony No. 2 in B flat, op. 52 ('Lobgesang')

    Performer: Simona Houda-Šaturová. Performer: Marie Henriette Reinhold. Orchestra: Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Choir: Radiokören. Conductor: Herbert Blomstedt.
  • Betsy Jolas

    Just a Minute

    Orchestra: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ryan Wigglesworth.
  • Betsy Jolas

    Letters from Bachville

    Orchestra: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ryan Wigglesworth.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Double Violin Concerto in D minor, BWV 1043

    Performer: Eva Borhi. Performer: Kathrin Troger. Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Martin Lehmann.
  • Alessandro Piccinini

    Ricercare Primo

    Performer: Thomas C. Boysen.
  • Carlo Gesualdo

    Selection from Madrigali a 5 voci, libro Quinto

    Ensemble: Collegium Vocale Gent. Conductor: Philippe Herreweghe.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Song without Words in E major, Op 38 No 3

    Performer: Daniel Barenboim.
    • Mendelssohn: Lieder Ohne Worte: Daniel Barenboim.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 15.

Broadcast

  • Thu 4 Nov 2021 14:00