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5. Elizabeth Alker

Live from the Royal Albert Hall on the day of the First Night of the Proms, Elizabeth Alker looks ahead to some of the highlights of this year's season.

Live from the Royal Albert Hall on the day of the First Night of the Proms, Elizabeth Alker looks ahead to some of the highlights of this year's season, including Simon Rattle's last concerts as Music Director of the London Symphony Orchestra, with Schumann's Das Paradies und Die Peri and Mahler's Symphony No.9, and the Academy of Ancient Music bringing Handel's oratorio Samson. And we'll hear tracks from some of the many other great artists featured this season including the Boston Symphony Orchestra with conductor Andris Nelsons with pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet, and the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra.

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Fri 14 Jul 2023 15:00
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Music Played

  • George Frideric Handel

    Let the Bright Seraphim (Samson)

    Singer: Kathleen Battle. Performer: Wynton Marsalis. Conductor: John Nelson. Orchestra: Orchestra of St. Luke鈥檚.
    • LIFT EVERY VOICE! Honoring the African American Musical Legacy.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 6.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Symphony No.5 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Erich Leinsdorf.
    • Erich Leinsdorf conducts Prokofiev.
    • RCA Red Seal.
    • 6.

  • William Grant Still

    Elegy

    Performer: Philip Brunelle.
    • CLARION.

  • George Gershwin

    Variations on 'I got rhythm'

    Performer: Jean鈥怸ves Thibaudet. Orchestra: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.
    • Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue & Piano Concerto: Thibaudet.
    • Decca.
    • 2.

  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony No.9 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Mahler: Symphony No. 9.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 2.

  • Jon Hopkins

    Vessel

    Music Arranger: Tom Hodge. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Robert Ames.
    • Wayne McGregor: Collaboration.
    • Mercury Classics.
    • 15.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto No 3 in G major (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Trevor Pinnock. Orchestra: The English Concert. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.
    • 111 Years Of Deutsche Grammophon The Collector's Edition Vol.2.
    • Deutshe Grammophon.
    • 10.

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Nonet in F minor, Op 2 - 2nd mvt: Andante con moto

    Ensemble: Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective.
    • Chandos.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35: III. Finale. Allegro vivacissimo

    Performer: Augustin Hadelich. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko.
    • Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto - Lalo: Symphonie Espagnole.
    • London Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • 103.

  • Howard Shore

    Lord of the Rings (Rivendell)

    Choir: London Voices. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Howard Shore.
    • Lord of the Rings - The Fellowship of the Ring.
    • Reprise.
    • 005.

  • Ramin Djawadi

    Game of Thrones - Main Title

    Conductor: Ramin Djawadi.
    • Game Of Thrones.
    • Varese Sarabande.
    • 1.

  • Johann Strauss II

    Die Fledermaus (Overture)

    Conductor: Ferenc Fricsay. Orchestra: Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin.
    • 111 Years Of Deutsche Grammophon The Collector's Edition Vol.2.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

Broadcast

  • Fri 14 Jul 2023 15:00
    大象传媒 Radio 3