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Friday - Live with the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Philharmonic

Live from MediaCity, Rory MacDonald conducts the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Philharmonic in Strauss’s Metamorphosen. Plus Schumann's Fourth Symphony from Wismar, Monteverdi, Mozart and Judith Weir.

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

The afternoon kicks off with a live concert from MediaCity in Salford, where Rory MacDonald conducts the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Philharmonic in an all-Strauss programme, featuring a selection of his songs with soprano Elizabeth Watts, followed by his tone poem Metamorphosen.

After 3 o’clock Tom continues his focus on great Romantic symphonies this week with Schumann’s Fourth, in its original 1841 version – Alan Gilbert conducts the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra in a performance recorded at the Mecklenburg Vorpommern Festivalin September. There's also Monteverdi performed by the Youth of La Capella Reial de Catalunya and new music by Judith Weir from the Vale of Glamorgan Festival. The week ends with Mozart's "Haffner" Symphony from the Basel Chamber Orchestra.

Richard Strauss – Winterweihe, Op.48'4
Richard Strauss – Meinem Kinde, Op.37'3
Richard Strauss – Morgen, Op.27'4
Richard Strauss – Ruhe, meine Seele, Op.27'1
Richard Strauss – Befreit, Op.39'4
Richard Strauss - Ich liebe dich, Op.37'2
Elizabeth Watts (soprano)
´óÏó´«Ã½ Philharmonic
Rory MacDonald (conductor)

Richard Strauss – Metamorphosen
´óÏó´«Ã½ Philharmonic
Rory MacDonald (conductor)

Claudio Monteverdi – Sì, ch'io vorrei morire [Madrigals, Book IV]
Jove Capella Reial de Catalunya
Luís Vilamajó (conductor)

c.3.05pm

Robert Schumann - Symphony No.4 in D minor, Op.120 (original version)
NDR Elbphilharmonie
Alan Gilbert (conductor)

Judith Weir – I give you the end
of a golden string
´óÏó´«Ã½ National Orchestra of Wales
Geoffrey Patterson (conductor)

c. 4pm
Mozart - Symphony No.35 in D, K.385 "Haffner"
Basel Chamber Orchestra
Louis Langree (conductor)

2 hours, 32 minutes

Last on

Fri 19 Nov 2021 14:00

Music Played

  • Richard Strauss

    Winterweihe

    Performer: Elizabeth Watts. Orchestra: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Philharmonic. Conductor: Rory Macdonald.
  • Richard Strauss

    Meinem Kinde

    Performer: Elizabeth Watts. Orchestra: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Philharmonic. Conductor: Rory Macdonald.
  • Richard Strauss

    Morgen

    Performer: Elizabeth Watts. Orchestra: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Philharmonic. Conductor: Rory Macdonald.
  • Richard Strauss

    Ruhe, meine Seele

    Performer: Elizabeth Watts. Orchestra: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Philharmonic. Conductor: Rory Macdonald.
  • Richard Strauss

    Befreit

    Performer: Elizabeth Watts. Orchestra: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Philharmonic. Conductor: Rory Macdonald.
  • Richard Strauss

    Ich liebe dich

    Performer: Elizabeth Watts. Orchestra: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Philharmonic. Conductor: Rory Macdonald.
  • Richard Strauss

    Metamorphosen

    Orchestra: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Philharmonic. Conductor: Rory Macdonald.
  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Si ch'io vorrei morire (O Jesu mia vita)

    Ensemble: Jove Capella Reial de Catalunya. Conductor: Luís Vilamajó.
  • Robert Schumann

    Symphony no. 4 in D minor Op.120

    Orchestra: North German Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Alan Gilbert.
  • Adel Garay

    Shahnaz

    Ensemble: Buzuq Piano Trio.
  • Judith Weir

    I give you the end of a golden string

    Orchestra: ´óÏó´«Ã½ National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Geoffrey Paterson.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony no. 35 in D major K.385 (Haffner)

    Orchestra: Kammerorchester Basel.
  • Gerald Finzi

    Eclogue in F major Op.10

    Performer: Tom Poster. Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Collon.
    • Introit: The Music of Gerald Finzi.
    • Decca.
    • 17.

Broadcast

  • Fri 19 Nov 2021 14:00