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Mendelssohn's 'Lobgesang'

The Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra perform Mendelssohn's Symphony-Cantata 'Lobgesang', plus music by Scriabin, Shostakovich and Rosetti.

Penny Gore introduces an afternoon of live concert recordings from around Europe.

Today's 3pm spotlight falls on Mendelssohn's hour-long Symphony-Cantata "Lobgesang", in a recording from the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, its music director Alain Altinoglu, the MDR Radio Chorus, Leipzig and soloists led by the soprano Katharina Konradi. Also in today's programme, Scriabin's Prometheus with soloist Andrei Korobeinikov, and an 18th-century concerto for two horns by Antonio Rosetti.

Including:

Rosetti: Concerto for 2 Horns in E flat, M.C57
Bart Aerbeydt, horn
Gijs Laceulle, horn
Freiburg Baroque
Gottfried von der Goltz, conductor

c.2.25pm
Scriabin: Prometheus 鈥 The Poem of Fire, op. 60
Andrei Korobeinikov, piano
Latvian National Symphony Orchestra
Andris Poga, conductor

Shostakovich: Prelude and fugue No. 15 in D flat major, Op.87 No.15
Tom Borrow, piano

c.3pm
Mendelssohn: Symphony No.2 in B flat, op. 52 ('Lobgesang')
Katharina Konradi, soprano
Miriam Albano, mezzo
Matthew Swensen, tenor
Frankfurt Radio SO
MDR Radio Chorus, Leipzig
Alain Altinoglu, conductor

Artist Choice - TBC

c.4.35pm
Croce: Miserere mei, a 6
Concerto Palatino
Bruce Dickey, director

Wagner: Der Fliegende Hollander 鈥 Overture
Frankfurt Radio SO
Andres Orozco-Estrada, conductor

3 hours, 1 minute

Last on

Thu 11 May 2023 14:00

Music Played

  • Johannes Brahms

    Hungarian Dance in D flat, WoO 1/6

    Music Arranger: Albert Parlow. Orchestra: Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Alain Altinoglu.
  • Antonio Rosetti

    Concerto for 2 Horns in E flat, M.C57

    Performer: Bart Aerbeydt. Performer: Gijs Laceulle. Ensemble: Freiburg Baroque. Conductor: Gottfried von der Goltz.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Polonaise, from '12 Duets For Two Horns, K. 487'

    Performer: Bart Aerbeydt. Performer: Gijs Laceulle.
  • Alexander Scriabin

    Prometheus - The Poem of Fire, op. 60

    Performer: Andrei Korobeinikov. Orchestra: Latvian National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andris Poga.
  • William Lawes

    Ayre in C minor

    Performer: L鈥橝ch茅ron. Performer: Liam Byrne. Performer: Marie-Suzanne de Loye. Performer: Aude-Marie Piloz. Performer: Robert Smith. Performer: Sarah Van Oudenhove. Performer: Yoann Moulin. Performer: Pierre Gallon. Performer: Fran莽ois Joubert-Caillet.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Prelude and fugue no.15 in D flat major Op.87 no.15

    Performer: Tom Borrow.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Symphony No. 2 in B flat, op. 52 ('Lobgesang')

    Singer: Katharina Konradi. Singer: Miriam Albano. Singer: Matthew Swensen. Orchestra: Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra. Choir: MDR Radio Chorus, Leipzig. Conductor: Alain Altinoglu.
  • Gustav Ernesaks

    Mu isamaa on minu arm

    Ensemble: The King鈥檚 Singers.
    • Finding Harmony.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 701.
  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Concerto for Viola and Strings in G, TWV 51:G9

    Performer: Liisa Randalu. Orchestra: Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Egarr.
  • Giovanni Croce

    Miserere mei, a 6

    Performer: Jaromir Nosek. Ensemble: Concerto Palatino. Singer: Jan Van Elsacker. Singer: Alex Potter. Singer: Hana Bla啪铆kov谩. Singer: Barbora Kab谩tkov谩.
  • George Gershwin

    I Got Rhythm, from 'Girl Crazy'

    Performer: Daniel Hope. Performer: Seon-Deok Baik. Performer: Dimitri Monstein. Orchestra: Z眉rcher Kammerorchester. Conductor: Daniel Hope.
  • Richard Wagner

    Der Fliegende Hollander - opera in 3 acts: Overture

    Orchestra: Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andr茅s Orozco鈥怑strada.
    • RCA.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    String Quartet in B flat, K458 (Hunt): finale

    Ensemble: Aris Quartet.
  • Paul Hindemith

    Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber (March)

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
    • Hyperion.

Broadcast

  • Thu 11 May 2023 14:00