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Saariaho, Ravel and Mendelssohn

Simone Menezes and the 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra perform Kaija Saariaho and Felix Mendelssohn. Denis Kozhukhin joins the orchestra to play Ravel's Piano Concerto in G.

Simone Menezes and the 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra perform music by Kaija Saariaho and Felix Mendelssohn, and pianist Denis Kozhukhin joins to play Ravel.

Live from City Halls, Glasgow

Presented by Kate Molleson

Saariaho: Laterna Magica
Ravel: Piano Concerto in G

8.30 Interval: Kate introduces a recent recording of 'Stone, Salt and Sky' by composer Sally Beamish, performed by the GAIA duo.

8.50 Part Two
Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony No.3 (Scottish)

Light abounds in a concert from City Halls, in Glasgow. Composer Kaija Saariaho was inspired by references in Ingmar Bergman's autobiography to the first machine to create the illusion of a moving image: the magic lantern, or Laterna Magica. Ravel's Piano Concerto in G is dazzlingly entertaining from its opening whip-crack to its jazz-infused finale. It is brought to life by pianist, Denis Kozhukhin. And, as the sun sets, a deep Scottish twilight inspires Felix Mendelssohn's vivacious Third Symphony.

Simone Menezes (conductor)
Denis Kozhukhin (piano)
大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra

2 hours, 28 minutes

Last on

Thu 11 May 2023 19:30
大象传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Kaija Saariaho

    Laterna Magica

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Simone Menezes.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Concerto In G Major

    Performer: Denis Kozhukhin. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Simone Menezes.

  • GAIA

    Stone, Salt And Sky

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Symphony No. 3 In A Minor Op.56 (Scottish)

    Performer: Simone Menezes. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra.

  • Ben Lunn

    Rhymes and Recollections

    Performer: Aberdeenshire Saxophone Orchestra. Performer: Ugie Voices. Conductor: Richard Ingham.

  • The Spinners

    In My Liverpool Home

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Ian Tracey.
    • A Love Letter to Liverpool.
    • Rubicon.
    • 101.

  • Mykola Lysenko

    Suite on Ukrainian Themes Op.2 (Gavotte and Scherzo)

    Performer: Anna Shelest.
    • Sorel Classics.

  • Benny Andersson

    Money, Money, Money

    Music Arranger: Anders Berglund. Performer: Christian Svarfvar. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Anders Berglund.
    • The Symphonic Touch of Benny Andersson.
    • Ladybird Production.
    • 104.

Broadcast

  • Thu 11 May 2023 19:30
    大象传媒 Radio 3