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Friday - Variations on a Rococo Theme

Cellist Laura van der Heijden plays Tchaikovsky with the 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Plus orchestral music by Susan Spain-Dunk and Beethoven sonatas performed by Khatia Buniatishvili.

Cellist Laura van der Heijden plays Tchaikovsky with the 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra; pianist Khatia Buniatishvili plays two of Beethoven's best-known sonatas; we've more from composer Susan Spain-Dunk and there's music for a lavish, 16th-century Medici Florentine wedding.

Presented by Penny Gore

Susan Spain-Dunk: Malaya
大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Stephen Bell, conductor

La Pellegrina, Part Two
Music for the wedding of Ferdinando de' Medici and Christine de Lorraine, Florence 1589
including music by Giulio Romolo Caccini, Cristofano Malvezzi, Luca Marenzio and Emilio de鈥 Cavalieri
Voces Suaves
Cappella Amsterdam
Capriccio Stravagante
Skip Sempe, director

c.3pm
Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme
Laura van der Heijden, cello
大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra
Ryan Wigglesworth, conductor

Dvorak: Symphonic variations
Ulster Orchestra
Jac van Steen, conductor

Beethoven: Sonata in C minor, Op.13 鈥淧athetique鈥
Khatia Buniatishvili, piano

Susan Spain-Dunk: The Kentish Downs
大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Stephen Bell, conductor

Beethoven: Sonata in C sharp minor, Op.27/1 鈥淢oonlight鈥
Khatia Buniatishvili, piano

2 hours, 32 minutes

Last on

Fri 26 Nov 2021 14:00

Music Played

  • Susan Spain-Dunk

    Malaya

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Stephen Bell.
  • Cristofano Malvezzi

    La Pellegrina - Quarto Intermedio: La regione de' demoni (The Realm of the Demons)

    Composer: Giulio Caccini. Composer: Giovanni de' Bardi. Singer: Zsuzsi T贸th. Singer: Valerio Contaldo. Choir: Voces Suaves. Choir: Cappella Amsterdam. Orchestra: Capriccio Stravagante. Conductor: Skip Semp茅.
  • Cristofano Malvezzi

    La Pellegrina - Qunito Intermedio: Il canto d'Arione (Arion and the Dolphin)

    Composer: Luca Marenzio. Composer: Jacopo Peri. Singer: Zsuzsi T贸th. Singer: Valerio Contaldo. Choir: Voces Suaves. Choir: Cappella Amsterdam. Orchestra: Capriccio Stravagante. Conductor: Skip Semp茅.
  • Cristofano Malvezzi

    La Pellegrina - Sesto Intermedio: La discesa d'Apollo e Bacco col Ritmo e l'Armonia (The Gift of Harmony and Rythm to Mankind)

    Composer: Emilio de' Cavalieri. Singer: Zsuzsi T贸th. Singer: Valerio Contaldo. Choir: Voces Suaves. Choir: Cappella Amsterdam. Orchestra: Capriccio Stravagante. Conductor: Skip Semp茅.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Variations on a rococo theme Op.33

    Performer: Laura van der Heijden. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ryan Wigglesworth.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Symphonic Variations Op.78

    Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Jac van Steen.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Sonata No 8 in C minor, Op 13, 'Pathetique'

    Performer: Khatia Buniatishvili.
  • Susan Spain-Dunk

    The Kentish Downs

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Stephen Bell.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Sonata No 14 in C sharp minor, Op 27 No 2, 'Moonlight'

    Performer: Khatia Buniatishvili.
  • Cristoforo Caresana

    La Tarantella (La Tarantella 1675)

    Performer: L鈥橝rpeggiata. Performer: Christina Pluhar.
    • Alla Napoletana.
    • Erato.

Broadcast

  • Fri 26 Nov 2021 14:00