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Alexandre Tharaud live at Wigmore Hall and chamber and orchestral music from Edinburgh and Glasgow

Presented by Linton Stephens, including Monday's live Wigmore Hall recital by Alexandre Tharaud, plus an afternoon of exclusive live recordings of chamber and orchestral music.

Linton Stephens showcases the best performances by ´óÏó´«Ã½ orchestras, choirs, ensembles, and other great performing groups from Europe and around the globe.

Today's Classical Live begins with a live recital from London's Wigmore Hall, featuring the French virtuoso pianist Alexandre Tharaud and a programme of Couperin and Satie, culminating in his own transcription of Ravel's gigantic waltz-fantasy La Valse.

There's music from the Elias Quartet, specially recorded for Classical Live at the Edinburgh New Town Concert Series and Debussy's evocative seascape, La Mer, performed by the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Scottish Symphony Orchestra in Glasgow. Plus - to mark Earth Day today, and then across the rest of the week - we showcase Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde. And the progamme pays tribute to the conductor Sir Andrew Davis, who died this weekend, with music from the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra performing Elgar.

Live from Wigmore Hall, London, introduced by Martin Handley

Francois Couperin
Les Barricades mystérieuses
Les Calotines
Les Roseaux
Le Dodo
La Logivière
Les Ombre errantes
Passacaille in B minor from 8th ordre

Eric Satie
Gymnopodie No. 1
Avant dreneieres pensees
Gnossienne Nos. 1,3,5
Je te veux

Maurice Ravel
Pavane pour une infante defunte
La Valse (transc. Tharaud)

Alexandre Tharaud (piano)

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Claude Debussy
La Mer - Three Symphonic Sketches
´óÏó´«Ã½ Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Ilan Volkov (conductor)

From the Edinburgh New Town Chamber Series:

Felix Mendelssohn
String Quartet in A Minor Op. 13
Elias Quartet

Mel Bonis
Trois Femmes de Legende for Orchestra – No. 2 Ophelie
´óÏó´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra
Rumon Gamba (conductor)

Gustav Mahler
Das Lied von der Erde (i. "Das Trinklied vom Jammer der Erde")
Thomas Mohr (tenor)
Polish National Radio Orchestra, Katowice
Jacek Kaspszyk (conductor)

2 hours, 58 minutes

Music Played

  • François Couperin

    Les Barricades mystérieuses

    Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.
  • François Couperin

    Les Calotines

  • François Couperin

    Les Roseaux

    Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.
  • François Couperin

    Le Dodo

    Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.
  • François Couperin

    La Logivière

  • François Couperin

    Les ombres errantes

  • François Couperin

    Passacaille in B minor from 8th ordre

  • Erik Satie

    Gymnopedie No. 1

  • Erik Satie

    Avant-dernieres pensees

  • Erik Satie

    Gnossienne No. 3

  • Erik Satie

    Gnossienne No 1

  • Erik Satie

    Gnossienne No.5

  • Erik Satie

    Je te veux

  • Maurice Ravel

    Pavane Pour Une Infante Défunte

  • Maurice Ravel

    La valse (transcribed by Alexandre Tharaud)

  • Alexandre Tharaud

    Improvisation on Edith Piaf's Padam Padam

  • Edward Elgar

    Serenade in E Minor, Op. 20: I. Allegro piacevole

    Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis. Orchestra: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra.
    • Elgar : Orchestral Works.
    • Rhino.
    • 2.
  • Edward Elgar

    Introduction and Allegro, Op. 47

    Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis. Orchestra: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra.
    • Elgar : Orchestral Works.
    • Rhino.
    • 1.
  • Claude Debussy

    La mer - three symphonic sketches (1902-05)

    Orchestra: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ilan Volkov.
    • GB´óÏó´«Ã½.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    String Quartet No 2 in A min Op.13

    Ensemble: Elias String Quartet.
  • Giovanni Battista Pergolesi

    Sonata for cello and continuo in F

    Performer: Johannes Rostamo. Performer: Rick Stotijn.
  • Mel Bonis

    Ophélie (Trois femmes de legende)

    Orchestra: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    English Suite No 2 in A minor, BWV 807 (Gigue)

    Performer: Richard Egarr.
    • J.S.Bach: The English Suites: Richard Egarr.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 15.
  • Gustav Mahler

    Das Trinklied vom Jammer der Erde (Das Lied von der Erde)

    Orchestra: Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Katowice. Conductor: Jacek Kaspszyk. Singer: Thomas Mohr.

Broadcast

  • Mon 22 Apr 2024 13:00