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Thursday - The 'Rhenish' Symphony

Schumann's Third Symphony, plus Renaissance music from Catalonia, new music from the Vale of Glamorgan Festival and pieces by Albeniz, Bartok, Mozart and Florence Price.

Tom McKinney with the best classical music performed by ´óÏó´«Ã½ ensembles and orchestras across Europe.

Tom continues his focus on great Romantic symphonies this week with Schumann’s Third, the 'Rhenish' – Antonio Mendez conducts the KBS Symphony Orchestra in a performance recorded in Seoul in February. Also, Beethoven from the ´óÏó´«Ã½ National Orchestra of Wales, Renaissance music performed by the Youth of La Capella Reial de Catalunya, new music by John Metcalf from the Vale of Glamorgan Festival and music by Albeniz, Rimsky-Korsakov, Mozart and Florence Price.

2pm
Beethoven – Egmont Overture, Op.84
´óÏó´«Ã½ National Orchestra of Wales
Michael Seal (conductor)

Isaac Albéniz – Sevilla
Mallorca
Capricho Catalan
Aragon
ARTIS Guitar Duo

Claudio Monteverdi – Lamento della ninfa [Madrigali Gverreri et Amorosi, SV.163 No.22]
Jove Capella Reial de Catalunya
Luís Vilamajó (conductor)

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov – The Snow Maiden - Suite
Chloe Hanslip (violin)
Ulster Orchestra
Jac van Steen (conductor)

c. 3pm
Robert Schumann – Symphony No.3 in E flat, Op.97 "Rhenish"
KBS Symphony Orchestra
Antonio Mendez (conductor)

Mozart – Overture: The Marriage of Figaro, K.492
Basel Chamber Orchestra
Louis Langree (conductor)

John Metcalf – Dances from forgotten places
´óÏó´«Ã½ National Orchestra of Wales
Geoffrey Patterson
(conductor)

c. 4.15pm
Florence Price - Ethiopia's Shadow in America
Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra
Joshua Weilerstein (conductor)

3 hours, 1 minute

Last on

Thu 18 Nov 2021 14:00

Music Played

  • Isaac Albéniz

    Sevilla (Sevillanas); Mallorca; Capricho catalan; Aragon (Fantasia)

    Performer: ARTIS Guitar Duo.
  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Lamento della ninfa

    Ensemble: Jove Capella Reial de Catalunya. Conductor: Luís Vilamajó.
  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Snow maiden - suite

    Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Jac van Steen.
  • Richard DeRosa

    Beloved

    Ensemble: WDR Big Band Cologne. Choir: WDR Chorus.
  • Robert Schumann

    Symphony no. 3 in E flat major Op.97 (Rhenish)

    Orchestra: KBS Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Antonio Méndez.
  • Astor Piazzolla

    Camorra II

    Ensemble: Astor Piazzolla Quartet.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Le Nozze di Figaro: overture

    Orchestra: Kammerorchester Basel. Conductor: Louis Langrée.
  • John Metcalf

    Dances From Forgotten Places

    Orchestra: ´óÏó´«Ã½ National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Geoffrey Paterson.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in G minor RV.439, Op.10`2 (La Notte)

    Ensemble: Netherlands Bach Society. Conductor: Shunske Sato.
  • Florence Price

    Ethiopia's shadow in America

    Orchestra: Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkest. Conductor: Joshua Weilerstein.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Horn Quintet in E flat major, K 407

    Performer: Timothy Brown. Ensemble: Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble.
    • Philips.
  • George Gershwin

    The Man I love; 'S wonderful

    Performer: Nadia Trohin. Ensemble: Romanian Radio Big Band. Conductor: Ionel Tudor.

Broadcast

  • Thu 18 Nov 2021 14:00