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Tragedy, Comedy and the Rhine

Ryan Bancroft conducts the 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales in Brahms's Tragic Overture and Schumann's Third Symphony. Jonathan Biss joins them for Mozart's Piano Concerto No 21.

Principal Conductor Ryan Bancroft leads the 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales in three highly contrasting pieces. Brahms wrote his Tragic Overture as a direct response to his Academic Festival Overture, and it is the antithesis to the earlier work in every way, depicting a nameless hero in his ultimately doomed struggle against his fate. To lighten the mood, Brahms's dramatic work is followed by one of Mozart's most well-loved piano concertos, his twenty-first 鈥� a work characterised by its technical difficulty and lightness of tone, which is redolent of his comedic operas. The Orchestra will be joined by American pianist Jonathan Biss as soloist. The concert concludes with Schumann's magnificent paean to the Rhine, his Third Symphony. The Rhine inspired some of the greatest romantic works of art, and Schumann in his turn fell in love with the river, its surrounding lands, and the people who lived there. It led him to create one of the truly great symphonies, full of the majestic energy that its subject inspires.

Presented by Nicola Heywood Thomas and recorded in St. David's Hall on 12th of November.

7.30pm
Brahms: Tragic overture, Op 81
Mozart: Piano Concerto No 21 in C major, K467

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Interval Music

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Schumann: Symphony No 3 in E flat major, Op 97 (Rhenish)

Jonathan Biss (piano)
大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales
Ryan Bancroft (conductor)

2 hours, 28 minutes

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Tue 16 Nov 2021 19:30
大象传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Johannes Brahms

    Tragic Overture, Op 81

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Ryan Bancroft.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano concerto No 21 in C major, K 467

    Performer: Jonathan Biss. Orchestra: 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Ryan Bancroft.

  • Robert Schumann

    R3iC_TX161121_Schumann Waldscenen, Op 82 (No 3, 'Einsame Blumen')

    Performer: Jonathan Biss.

  • Robert Schumann

    Piano quintet in E flat major, Op 44 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Jonathan Biss. Ensemble: Elias String Quartet.
    • Onyx.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano sonata No 18 in E flat major, Op 31, No 3 (4th mvt)

    Performer: Jonathan Biss.
    • Orchid Classics.

  • Robert Schumann

    Symphony No 3 in E flat major, Op 97, 'Rhenish'

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Ryan Bancroft.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Viola Sonata, Op 147

    Performer: Lawrence Power. Performer: Simon Crawford鈥怭hillips.
    • Shostakovich: Music for viola and piano: Power/Crawford-Phillips.
    • Hyperion.

  • Dag Wir茅n

    Concert overture no.2 Op.16

    Orchestra: Norrk枚pings Symfoniorkester. Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard.
    • Dag Wiren, Symphonies 2 & 3, Overtures.
    • CPO.
    • 8.

Broadcast

  • Tue 16 Nov 2021 19:30
    大象传媒 Radio 3