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, VÃkingur 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. VÃkingur 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
VÃkingur Ólafsson, piano
20:45
Rachmaninov: Symphonic dances
VÃkingur Ólafsson, piano
Bergen Philharmonic, orchestra
Edward Gardner, conductor
Jamie MacDougall, presenter
Gavin McCollum, producer
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Music Played
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Maurice Ravel
La Valse
Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner. -
Robert Schumann
Piano Concerto in A minor
Performer: VÃkingur Ólafsson. Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner. -
Béla Bartók
3 Romanian Folk Songs
Performer: VÃkingur Ólafsson. -
VÃkingur Ólafsson
Reflection
Performer: VÃkingur Ólafsson.- Reflections.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
- 8.
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Claude Debussy
Pour le piano
Performer: VÃkingur Ólafsson.- Reflections.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
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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.
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Renaud Capuçon, Brussels Philharmonic & Stéphane Denève
Camille (From "Le Mépris")
- Cinema.
- Warner Classics.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
String Quartet in F major after the Sonata Op.14
Performer: LaSalle Quartet.
Broadcast
- Wed 14 Sep 2022 19:30´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 3