Pictures at an Exhibition
Ken Bruce presents a unique programme, Pictures at an Exhibition, with the 麻豆社 Concert Orchestra and star singers, paired with the great paintings from National Gallery.
A unique Friday Night Is Music Night, tying in with the National Gallery's exhibition, 'Making Colour' Presented by Ken Bruce.
In tonight's concert, the sixty piece 麻豆社 Concert Orchestra and star singers, conducted by Stephen Bell present their own 'Pictures at an Exhibition' with the National Gallery.
Listeners will be able to see the pictures via the Friday Night Is Music Night page on the Radio 2 website at the same time as the audience see them in the concert hall. Among the works we'll hear tonight, Mussorgsky's 'Pictures At An Exhibition', Dvorak's 'Song of the Moon, Offenbach's 'La Vie Parissiene', Delius 'Summer Evening', Puccini's 'O Soave Fanciulla' from La Boheme ... And among the pictures:- Monet's 'The Water Lily Pond', Pissarro's Montmartre at Night, Turner's 'The Fighting Temeraire', Rubens ' Samson and Delilah' and Van Gogh's 'Sunflowers' ... Classic music and the greatest paintings from the world's most famous artists. All part of Radio 2's 'Colour Season'' which was originally broadcast in June.
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Music Played
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FNIMN Pictures at An Exhibition
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麻豆社 Concert Orchestra conducted by Stephen Bell
HIGH ADVENTURE
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麻豆社 Concert Orchestra conducted by Stephen Bell
Promenade (Pictures at an Exhibition)
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麻豆社 Concert Orchestra conducted by Stephen Bell
OVERTURE: LA VIE PARISIENNE
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Jung Soo Yun/麻豆社 Concert Orchestra CB Stephen Bell
RECONDITA ARMONIA (TOSCA)
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麻豆社 Concert Orchestra conducted by Stephen Bell
BACCHANALE (SAMSON AND DELILAH)
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Elizabeth Cragg/麻豆社 Concert Orchestra CB Stephen Bell
IL BACIO
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Roderick Elms
Nocturne in Eb, Op. 9, No.2
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Jung Soo Yun/麻豆社 Concert Orchestra CB Stephen Bell
LA DONNA E MOBILE (RIGOLETTO)
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Elizabeth Cragg/麻豆社 Concert Orchestra CB Stephen Bell
PIANGERO LA MIA SORTE (FROM 'GIULIO CESARE')
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麻豆社 Concert Orchestra conducted by Stephen Bell
Storm (from 4 Sea Interludes from "Peter Grimes")
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麻豆社 Concert Orchestra conducted by Stephen Bell
MAN IN THE IRON MASK
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Elizabeth Cragg/麻豆社 Concert Orchestra CB Stephen Bell
SONG TO THE MOON (RUSALKA)
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麻豆社 Concert Orchestra conducted by Stephen Bell
LIGHT CAVALRY OVERTURE
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Roderick Elms
GAZELLE
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Jung Soo Yun/麻豆社 Concert Orchestra CB Stephen Bell
O SOLE MIO
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麻豆社 Concert Orchestra conducted by Stephen Bell
'Allegro ma non troppo' from Symphony No 6 in F Op 68 'Pastoral'
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Elizabeth Cragg/Jung Soo Yun/麻豆社 Concert Orchestra CB Stephen Bell
O SOAVE FANCIULLA (LA BOHEME)
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麻豆社 Concert Orchestra conducted by Stephen Bell
Enigma variations XIII (Romanza) & X1V (Allegro Presto)
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Credit
| Role | Contributor |
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| Performer | 麻豆社 Concert Orchestra |
Broadcasts
- Fri 20 Jun 2014 20:00麻豆社 Radio 2
- Fri 29 Aug 2014 20:00麻豆社 Radio 2
See the paintings inspiring Friday Night is Music Night's 'Pictures at an Exhibition'.
Claude Monet ,The Water-Lily Pond, 1899 漏 The National Gallery, London
