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Romantics in Exile

The 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Sakari Oramo, perform Korngold's Violin Concerto with Nicola Benedetti, and Langgaard's extraordinary First Symphony.

Live from the Barbican Centre, London, Sakari Oramo conducts the 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra in two 20th-century classics.

Having begun his musical life as a child prodigy composer in Austria, in 1934 Erich Korngold headed for California. His characteristic musical style, with its sweeping Romantic melodies and consummate writing for orchestra, came to define the sound of Hollywood soundtracks. Korngold plundered several of his film scores for his lyrical and virtuosic Violin Concerto, played tonight by one of its most committed advocates, Nicola Benedetti.

Marginalised in his native Denmark, Rued Langgaard鈥檚 compelling music is at last getting the recognition it deserves. In 1911 Langgaard was only 17 when he finished his Symphony No. 1 "Klippepastoraler" 鈥� Pastoral of the Rocks. This late-Romantic epic (think Wagner, Bruckner and Strauss) is scored for huge orchestra, a symphonic paean to nature and human struggle whose concept uncannily prefigures Richard Strauss's An Alpine Symphony from four years later.

Presented by Martin Handley

Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Violin Concerto in D major

20.05
Interval (from CD)

Carl Nielsen: Chaconne
John McCabe (piano)

Rued Langgaard: Gitanjali Hymns - The Light of Thy Music; The Sky Groans
Berit Johansen Tange (piano)

20.25
Rued Langgaard: Symphony No. 1 in B minor "Klippepastoraler"

Nicola Benedetti (violin)
大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo (conductor)

2 hours, 28 minutes

Last on

Fri 8 Apr 2022 19:30
大象传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    Violin Concerto

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Conductor: Sakari Oramo. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra.

  • Jacob Gade

    Tango Jalousie

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti.

  • Carl Nielsen

    Chaconne

    Performer: John McCabe.
    • SOMM.

  • Rued Langgaard

    Gitanjali Hymns BVN 149 (The Light of Thy Music; The Sky Groans)

    Performer: Berit Johansen Tange.
    • DACAPO.

  • Rued Langgaard

    Symphony No 1 "Klippenpastoraler"

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.

  • Samuel Barber

    Hermit Songs, Op. 29 [complete]

    Performer: Bradley Moore. Singer: Melody Moore.
    • An American Song Album.
    • Pentatone.
    • 101.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    String Quartet in F major, Op 18 No 1 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Zolt谩n Sz茅kely. Performer: Michael K眉ttner. Performer: Denes Koromzay. Performer: G谩bor Magyar. Orchestra: Hungarian Quartet.
    • Beethoven The Collector's Edition 50 CDs The Masterpieces The Greatest Artists.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 1.

Broadcast

  • Fri 8 Apr 2022 19:30
    大象传媒 Radio 3

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