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Simon Trp膷eski joins Vasily Petrenko and the RPO to perform Greig's mighty Piano Concerto, plus Wagner's Faust Overture and Richard Strauss's Also sprach Zarathustra.

Wagner: Faust Overture
Grieg: Piano Concerto
Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Vasily Petrenko Conductor
Simon Trp膷eski Piano

Recorded at the Royal Festival Hall in London.

Presented by Ian Skelly.

This programme starts and ends in utter darkness, casting the moments of light and revelation in sharp relief. In his Overture, Wagner underscores Faust鈥檚 pact with the devil with music of fear and trepidation. After its famous sunrise, Strauss鈥檚 tone poem Also sprach Zarathustra fades into a question mark at the stroke of midnight.

Both give us heroes that are reaching desperately for enlightenment, either grappling with evil forces or declaring 'God is dead鈥�. For Faust the struggle is between faith, intellect and passion. For Zarathustra the prophet, only humanity can solve its own riddles.

This is German Romanticism at its headiest, with music that is both brooding and bold. Wagner鈥檚 'unending melody' is the perfect match for Faust鈥檚 yearning and deep-held passions, while Strauss takes us in nine imaginative scenes from desolation to a mountain-top awakening and the dawn of a new understanding.

Mountains of a different kind define Grieg鈥檚 Piano Concerto, whose melodic richness echoes the beauty of the fjords. The finale is inspired by a folk fiddle dance that challenges how high the dancers can jump. This is a work that invites you to embrace the simpler pleasures in life.

2 hours, 28 minutes

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Wed 12 Oct 2022 19:30
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Music Played

  • Richard Wagner

    Eine Faust-Ouvert眉re

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16

    Performer: Simon Trpceski. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Seks Sange, Op. 48 - I. Gruss

    Performer: Malcolm Martineau. Singer: Catriona Morison.
    • The Dark Night Has Vanished.
    • Linn.
    • 01.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Seks Sange, Op. 48 - II. Dereinst, Gedanke mein

    Performer: Malcolm Martineau. Singer: Catriona Morison.
    • The Dark Night Has Vanished.
    • Linn.
    • 02.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Seks Sange, Op. 48 - III. Lauf der Welt

    Performer: Malcolm Martineau. Singer: Catriona Morison.
    • The Dark Night Has Vanished.
    • Linn.
    • 03.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Seks Sange, Op. 48 - IV. Die verschwiegene Nachtigall

    Performer: Malcolm Martineau. Singer: Catriona Morison.
    • The Dark Night Has Vanished.
    • Linn.
    • 04.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Seks Sange, Op. 48 - V. Zur Rosenzeit

    Performer: Malcolm Martineau. Singer: Catriona Morison.
    • The Dark Night Has Vanished.
    • Linn.
    • 05.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Seks Sange, Op. 48 - VI. Ein Traum

    Performer: Malcolm Martineau. Singer: Catriona Morison.
    • The Dark Night Has Vanished.
    • Linn.
    • 06.

  • Richard Strauss

    Also sprach Zarathustra

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Souvenir, Tanz-Idylle and Berceuse (Six Pieces, Op.79)

    Performer: Johan Dalene. Performer: Christian Ihle Hadland.
    • Nordic Rhapsody.
    • BIS.
    • 6.

  • Leokadiya Kashperova

    Cello Sonata No 1 in G (4th mvt)

    Performer: Andrei Ioni牛膬. Performer: Lilit Grigoryan.

  • Max Bruch

    Pieces for clarinet nos 5 and 6

    Performer: Annelien Van Wauwe. Performer: Pavel Kolesnikov. Performer: Eivind Holtsmark Ringstad.

  • Johannes Brahms

    3 Intermezzi, Op. 117: No. 1 in E-Flat Major

    • Chopin: 24 Pr茅ludes - Brahms: Intermezzo, Op. 117 No. 1 - Schumann: Ghost Variat.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 25.

Broadcast

  • Wed 12 Oct 2022 19:30
    大象传媒 Radio 3