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Pictures at Exhibitions at the Aldeburgh Festival

The 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra premieres Oliver Knussen's Cleveland Pictures, performs two ravishing Mussorgsky scores, and Martin Owen is soloist in Knussen's dreamlike Horn Concerto.

The 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra gives the UK premiere of Oliver Knussen's Cleveland Pictures, performs two ravishing Mussorgsky scores, and Martin Owen is the soloist in Knussen's dreamlike Horn Concerto.

Mussorgsky's brilliant translation of paintings into music in Pictures at an Exhibition have inspired others to take similar approaches, including the late Oliver Knussen, doyen of the Aldeburgh Festival and much-loved conductor-composer associate of the 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra. We are treated to the posthumous UK premiere/1st pubic performance (and a second performance as was his whim!) of his piece interpreting pictures and objects seen at the Cleveland Museum of Art, from Goya and Gaugin to Faberg茅. Knussen worked on it from the 1990s until 2008, but it remained unfinished at his death in 2018.

Live from Snape Maltings
Presented by Martin Handley

Mussorgsky (arr. Stokowski): A Night on the Bare Mountain
Knussen: Horn Concerto
Knussen: Cleveland Pictures (UK premiere and 1st public performance)
1. Portail avec Penseur (Fa莽ades and lake with Rodin)
2. Calabazas (Velasquez)
3. Dans les vagues (Gauguin) [fragment]
4. Two Clocks (Tiffany/Faberg茅)
5. St Ambrose (Goya)
[6. Don Quixote (Masson) 鈥� not performed, only exists as sketches]
7. The Burning of the House of Lords and Commons (Turner) [fragment]

19.50 Interval [off CD]

Helen Grime: Three Whistler Pictures
i) the Little Note in Yellow and Green; ii) Lapis Lazuli; iii) Violet note
Claremont Trio

Plus Martin Handley talks live to Zo毛 Martlew about Oliver Knussen, the man and his music.

20.10
Knussen: Cleveland Pictures (2nd public performance)
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (arr. Ravel)

Martin Owen (horn)
大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra
Ryan Wigglesworth (conductor)

2 hours, 58 minutes

Last on

Fri 24 Jun 2022 19:00
大象传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Modest Mussorgsky

    A Night on the Bare Mountain (arr.Stokowski)

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ryan Wigglesworth.

  • Oliver Knussen

    Horn Concerto

    Performer: Martin Owen. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ryan Wigglesworth.

  • Oliver Knussen

    Cleveland Pictures

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ryan Wigglesworth.

  • Helen Grime

    Three Whistler Miniatures

    Ensemble: Claremont Trio.
    • TRIA.

  • Oliver Knussen

    Whitman Settings, Op. 25: I. When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer

    • Oliver Knussen: Autumnal.
    • NMC Recordings.

  • Oliver Knussen

    Cleveland Pictures

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ryan Wigglesworth.

  • Modest Mussorgsky

    Pictures at an Exhibition (arr. Ravel)

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ryan Wigglesworth.

  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Piano Concerto No.5 "The Egyptian" in F major, Op.103

    Performer: Louis Schwizgebel. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
    • Saint-Saens: Piano Concertos 2 & 5.
    • APARTE.
    • 04.

  • Claude Debussy

    Danse sacree et danse profane

    Performer: Lavinia Meijer. Ensemble: Amsterdam Sinfonietta.
    • Voyage.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 13-14.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Placa l'alma (Alessandro, HWV21)

    Performer: London Early Opera. Singer: Mary Bevan. Singer: Lucy Crowe. Ensemble: London Early Opera. Conductor: Bridget Cunningham.
    • Handel's Queens.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 012.

Broadcast

  • Fri 24 Jun 2022 19:00
    大象传媒 Radio 3