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大象传媒 Philharmonic: Hansel and Gretel

The 大象传媒 Philharmonic and Sir Andrew Davis in Tippett's The Rose Lake, Beethoven's Eighth Symphony and a selection of music from Humperdinck's fairy-tale opera Hansel and Gretel.

Recorded at the Bridgewater Hall, Manchester and presented by Miriam Skinner.

Andrew Davis joins the 大象传媒 Philharmonic for warm, luscious melody and fairy-tale in a selection of favourite music from Humperdinck's opera 'Hansel and Gretel'. We'll hear the beautiful opening Prelude and then journey with Gretel and Hansel though Act II, enduring the terrors of the forest until the Sandman appears to send them dreaming, guarded over by angels.

Beethoven's sparky Eighth Symphony ends a programme which begins with Michael Tippett's The Rose Lake; his inspiration drawn from a visit to Lake Retba in Senegal, a salt-rich lake that glows, as Tippett recalled, "a marvellous translucent pink". Tippett describes the piece as a "song without words for orchestra ... also manifesting a progression from dawn to dusk". Conducted by Andrew Davis we hear all this evening's music in the hands of a musician who brings a lifetime's knowledge and love to it.

Tippett: The Rose Lake
Humperdinck: Hansel and Gretel: Act I Prelude and Act II
Beethoven: Symphony No.8

Olivia Boen (Gretel, soprano)
Siena Licht Miller (Hansel, mezzo)
Jennifer France (Sandman, soprano)
大象传媒 Philharmonic
Sir Andrew Davis (conductor)

2 hours, 28 minutes

Last on

Wed 31 Jan 2024 19:30
大象传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Michael Tippett

    The Rose Lake

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Song without words in A minor Op62 No5

    Performer: Howard Shelley.

  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    Die Nonne, Op.9 no.12

    Singer: Sophie Daneman. Performer: Eugene Asti.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Song without words in G minor Op53 No3

    Performer: Howard Shelley.

  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    Italien Op8 No3

    Performer: Eugene Asti. Singer: Susan Gritton.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Song without words in G minor Op19 No 6

    Performer: Howard Shelley.

  • Engelbert Humperdinck

    Hansel and Gretal, Overture, Witches Ride, and Act Two

    Performer: Olivia Bowen. Singer: Siena Licht Miller. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No.8 in F Op.93

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Violin Sonata No.10 in G major, Op.96

    Performer: Isabelle Faust. Performer: Alexander Melnikov.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

Broadcast

  • Wed 31 Jan 2024 19:30
    大象传媒 Radio 3