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Edinburgh International Festival 2022 (2/4)

The Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra and Edward Gardner perform Ravel, Schumann and Rachmaninov.

The Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra and Chief Conductor Edward Gardner conjure the spirit of the dance in works by Ravel and Rachmaninov and reveal the passionate emotions of Schumann with Icelandic pianist, Víkingur Ólafsson.

Ravel's La Valse conveys a very clear image. In his score Ravel described an immense hall hung with chandeliers, waltzing couples and whirling crowds. Víkingur Ólafsson makes his Edinburgh International Festival debut in Schumann’s long awaited, and only, piano concerto which he composed for his wife Clara, who premiered it in Dresden in 1845. Edward Gardner and the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra conclude their performance with Rachmaninov’s Hollywood-style Symphonic Dances. The original inspiration was a 1915 ballet called ‘The Scythians’ but it took another 30 years before those early sketches became his Symphonic Dances and ultimately his final full orchestral work.

Ravel: La valse
Schumann: Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54

20:25
INTERVAL
Ólafsson: Reflection (Improvisation on Debussy’s Bruyères)
Debussy: Pour le Piano
Víkingur Ólafsson, piano

20:45
Rachmaninov: Symphonic dances

Víkingur Ólafsson, piano
Bergen Philharmonic, orchestra
Edward Gardner, conductor

Jamie MacDougall, presenter
Gavin McCollum, producer

2 hours, 28 minutes

Music Played

  • Maurice Ravel

    La Valse

    Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
  • Robert Schumann

    Piano Concerto in A minor

    Performer: Víkingur Ólafsson. Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
  • Béla Bartók

    3 Romanian Folk Songs

    Performer: Víkingur Ólafsson.
  • Víkingur Ólafsson

    Reflection

    Performer: Víkingur Ólafsson.
    • Reflections.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 8.
  • Claude Debussy

    Pour le piano

    Performer: Víkingur Ólafsson.
    • Reflections.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Symphonic Dances

    Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
  • Edvard Grieg

    In the hall of the mountain king

    Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Clarinet Concerto in A major, K 622 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Alfred Prinz. Performer: Werner Tripp. Performer: Dietmar Zeman. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Karl Bohm.
    • 111 Years Of Deutsche Grammophon The Collector's Edition Vol.2.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Renaud Capuçon, Brussels Philharmonic & Stéphane Denève

    Camille (From "Le Mépris")

    • Cinema.
    • Warner Classics.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    String Quartet in F major after the Sonata Op.14

    Performer: LaSalle Quartet.

Broadcast

  • Wed 14 Sep 2022 19:30